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CVE-2026-74896

openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 Sandbox Escape via Dunder Attribute Traversal

9.3 CriticalFix available

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain a sandbox escape vulnerability in the DangerousPatternVisitor AST analyzer that fails to detect dunder attribute traversal techniques. Attackers can use class, bases, subclasses(), and globals chains to access restricted functions and execute arbitrary system commands from plugin code.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.56%Up 0.2 points since Aug 18, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 9.3

openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 Sandbox Escape via Dunder Attribute Traversal

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain a sandbox escape vulnerability in the DangerousPatternVisitor AST analyzer that fails to detect dunder attribute traversal techniques. Attackers can use class, bases, subclasses(), and globals chains to access restricted functions and execute arbitrary system commands from plugin code.

Record
CVE-2026-74896
CVSS 4.0
9.3 CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-693
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-60115 9.3

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain a sandbox escape vulnerability in the DangerousPatternVisitor AST analyzer that fails to detect dunder attribute traversal techniques. Attackers can use class, bases, subclasses(), and globals chains to access restricted functions and execute arbitrary system commands from plugin code.

Record
EUVD-2026-60115
CVSS 4.0
9.3 CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xgx5-9hx8-gf84 9.3

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain a sandbox escape vulnerability in the...

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain a sandbox escape vulnerability in the DangerousPatternVisitor AST analyzer that fails to detect dunder attribute traversal techniques. Attackers can use class, bases, subclasses(), and globals chains to access restricted functions and execute arbitrary system commands from plugin code.

Record
GHSA-xgx5-9hx8-gf84
CVSS 4.0
9.3 CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-693
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 9.3

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain a sandbox escape vulnerability in the DangerousPatternVisitor AST analyzer that fails to detect dunder attribute traversal techniques. Attackers can use class, bases, subclasses(), and globals chains to access restricted functions and execute arbitrary system commands from plugin code.

Record
CVE-2026-74896
CVSS 4.0
9.3 CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-693
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 9.3

openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 Sandbox Escape via Dunder Attribute Traversal

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain a sandbox escape vulnerability in the DangerousPatternVisitor AST analyzer that fails to detect dunder attribute traversal techniques. Attackers can use class, bases, subclasses(), and globals chains to access restricted functions and execute arbitrary system commands from plugin code.

Record
CVE-2026-74896
CVSS 4.0
9.3 CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-693
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2026-3771 9.3

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain a sandbox escape vulnerability in the DangerousPatternVisitor AST analyzer that fails to detect dunder attribute traversal techniques. Attackers can use class, bases, subclasses(), and globals chains to access restricted functions and execute arbitrary system commands from plugin code.

Record
PYSEC-2026-3771
CVSS 4.0
9.3 CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
openssl-encrypt
PyPI
 before 1.4.0, plus listed versions
0.2.20.2.30.2.40.2.50.2.6
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0.3.00.3.10.3.20.3.30.4.00.4.10.4.20.4.30.4.40.5.00.5.10.5.30.6.0rc10.7.0rc20.7.10.7.20.8.00.8.10.8.20.9.21.0.01.0.11.0.21.0.31.1.01.2.01.2.11.3.01.3.11.3.21.3.31.3.41.3.51.4.0b31.4.0b41.4.0b51.4.0b61.4.0b71.4.0b8
1.4.0

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
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In short

CVE-2026-74896 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Jahlives Openssl Encrypt, published August 17, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.56%, the 46th percentile. Fixed in openssl-encrypt 1.4.0.

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