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CVE-2026-74887Jahlives · Openssl_encrypt

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1
3.7
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS percentile
8
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 92% of all CVEs
Description

openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 imports Python's non-cryptographic 'random' module (Mersenne Twister PRNG) at line 15 of openssl_encrypt/modules/pqc.py. No direct calls to random.* were present in the code, so no cryptographic operation is currently affected; however, the import creates a hazard that future code could inadvertently use random.randint() instead of a cryptographically secure alternative (secrets/os.urandom), producing predictable values since the Mersenne Twister state can be recovered from approximately 624 outputs. Fixed by removing the import in 1.4.0.

Timeline
Published 2026-08-17
Modified 2026-08-31

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