CVSS 4.0
8.7 highCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NCVE-2026-74884
High (8.7) in jahlives openssl encrypt. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in openssl-encrypt 1.4.0.
openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain a path traversal vulnerability in the _is_safe_path method where the plugin_id parameter is not sanitized before constructing the plugin config directory path. Attackers can declare a malicious plugin_id containing path traversal sequences like '../' to access arbitrary directories outside the intended plugin directory.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
7.5 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 37% of CVEs (scores of 2026-11-01)
- CWE
- CWE-73
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- jahlives:openssl_encrypt
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PYSEC-2026-3761 | PyPI | openssl-encrypt | <1.4.0 | 1.4.0 |