GHSA-2vhw-q7vh-7xv2

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2vhw-q7vh-7xv2
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-2vhw-q7vh-7xv2/GHSA-2vhw-q7vh-7xv2.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-2vhw-q7vh-7xv2
Aliases
Published
2026-04-01T21:11:59Z
Modified
2026-09-02T09:10:34Z
Severity
  • 6.6 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U CVSS Calculator
Summary
openssl-encrypt's readiness endpoint leaks database error details to unauthenticated callers
Details

Summary

The /ready endpoint in openssl_encrypt_server/server.py at lines 159-175 catches database errors and returns the full exception string in the response.

Affected Code

except Exception as e:
    return {"status": "not_ready", "reason": str(e)}

Impact

Database exception messages can leak:

  • Database hostnames and IP addresses
  • Connection parameters and port numbers
  • Driver version information
  • Potentially database credentials if included in connection string errors

This information is available to unauthenticated callers.

Recommended Fix

  • Return a generic error message: {"status": "not_ready", "reason": "database unavailable"}
  • Log the full exception server-side for debugging

Fix

Fixed in commit 7aa8787 on branch releases/1.4.x — replaced str(e) with generic "database check failed" message; full exception logged server-side at WARNING level.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-201"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-04-01T21:11:59Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  null,
    "severity":  "MODERATE"
}
References

Affected packages

PyPI / openssl-encrypt

Package

Name
openssl-encrypt
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:pypi/openssl-encrypt

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.0

Affected versions

0.*
0.2.2
0.2.3
0.2.4
0.2.5
0.2.6
0.3.0
0.3.1
0.3.2
0.3.3
0.4.0
0.4.1
0.4.2
0.4.3
0.4.4
0.5.0
0.5.1
0.5.3
0.6.0rc1
0.7.0rc2
0.7.1
0.7.2
0.8.0
0.8.1
0.8.2
0.9.2
1.*
1.0.0
1.0.1
1.0.2
1.0.3
1.1.0
1.2.0
1.2.1
1.3.0
1.3.1
1.3.2
1.3.3
1.3.4
1.3.5
1.4.0b3
1.4.0b4
1.4.0b5
1.4.0b6
1.4.0b7
1.4.0b8

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-2vhw-q7vh-7xv2/GHSA-2vhw-q7vh-7xv2.json"