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CVE-2026-74870

8.7 highEPSS 0.3%

High (8.7) in jahlives openssl encrypt. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in openssl-encrypt 1.4.7.

openssl_encrypt (pip) versions <= 1.4.7 contain an information exposure vulnerability where the 'hsm fido2-test' and 'hsm onlykey-test' diagnostic commands unconditionally print the full derived hardware pepper as hex to stdout/stderr (crypt_cli.py, handle_hsm_command). The printed value can persist in terminal scrollback, session recordings, or CI logs. Impact is limited because the pepper is derived from a random per-invocation test salt and is salt-bound, so the leaked value cannot be used to decrypt real files. A related plugin issue logged raw prf_data outside the secret-redaction path. Fixed in 1.4.8 (and 1.5.0) by removing the hex dumps and routing plugin debug output through the redaction layer.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

8.7 high
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

CVSS 3.1

3.3 low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 17% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-532
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
PYSEC-2026-3956PyPIopenssl-encrypt<1.4.71.4.7

References

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