PT-2026-76611 · Pypi · Openssl-Encrypt

CVE-2026-74875

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Published

2026-03-31

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Updated

2026-08-17

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

VectorAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions openssl encrypt versions prior to 1.4.0
Description JSON schema validation is silently skipped when the jsonschema library is not installed, which allows the acceptance of malformed metadata. An attacker can bypass all schema checks and process malicious data by removing the jsonschema package or providing unknown metadata format versions.
Recommendations Update to version 1.4.0 or later.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-74875
GHSA-425G-FJHQ-5H92
PYSEC-2026-3755

Affected Products

Openssl-Encrypt