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CVE-2026-74884PYSEC-2026-3761GHSA-8JPJ-W975-RWV5

openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 Path Traversal via plugin_id

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.4.0
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • jahlives openssl_encrypt

    fixed in 1.4.0

  • openssl-encryptPyPI

    fixed in 1.4.0

References 2

GitHub · jahlives/openssl_encrypt

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