CVE-2026-81719

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-81719
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-81719.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-81719
Aliases
Published
2026-08-27T14:51:13Z
Modified
2026-10-28T02:30:59Z
Severity
  • 9.3 (Critical) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 Remote Code Execution via Plugin
Details

openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 executes untrusted third-party plugins with insufficient controls: the plugin signature policy defaulted to WARN, so an unsigned/unverifiable non-built-in plugin was compiled and executed in the host process at import time, before the runtime sandbox is installed. The only default gate was an incomplete, bypassable AST denylist. If a user is induced to load an attacker's plugin, this results in arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running openssl_encrypt. Fixed in 1.4.9 by defaulting the signature policy to ENFORCE for non-built-in plugins.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner":  "VulnCheck",
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-94"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/81xxx/CVE-2026-81719.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/jahlives/openssl_encrypt

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/jahlives/openssl_encrypt
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
Database specific
Show details
{
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed":  "1.4.9"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "strategy":  "StandardRange"
        },
        {
            "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*",
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed":  "1.4.9"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_RANGE"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

v1.*
v1.4.0
v1.4.1rc1
v1.4.1rc2
v1.4.2
v1.4.4
v1.4.5
v1.4.6
v1.4.7

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-81719.json"