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    PYSEC-2026-3778

    Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-08-27 17:21 - Updated: 2026-09-02 08:34
    VLAI
    Details

    openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.9 use a denylist to identify trusted built-in plugins, allowing unsigned plugins in top-level plugins/ directories and unknown subdirectories to bypass signature verification. Attackers can place malicious unsigned plugins following documented installation paths to achieve arbitrary code execution in the CLI process with access to passwords and cryptographic keys.

    Impacted products
    Name purl
    openssl-encrypt pkg:pypi/openssl-encrypt

    {
      "affected": [
        {
          "ecosystem_specific": {},
          "package": {
            "ecosystem": "PyPI",
            "name": "openssl-encrypt",
            "purl": "pkg:pypi/openssl-encrypt"
          },
          "ranges": [
            {
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1.4.9"
                }
              ],
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.2.2",
            "0.2.3",
            "0.2.4",
            "0.2.5",
            "0.2.6",
            "0.3.0",
            "0.3.1",
            "0.3.2",
            "0.3.3",
            "0.4.0",
            "0.4.1",
            "0.4.2",
            "0.4.3",
            "0.4.4",
            "0.5.0",
            "0.5.1",
            "0.5.3",
            "0.6.0rc1",
            "0.7.0rc2",
            "0.7.1",
            "0.7.2",
            "0.8.0",
            "0.8.1",
            "0.8.2",
            "0.9.2",
            "1.0.0",
            "1.0.1",
            "1.0.2",
            "1.0.3",
            "1.1.0",
            "1.2.0",
            "1.2.1",
            "1.3.0",
            "1.3.1",
            "1.3.2",
            "1.3.3",
            "1.3.4",
            "1.3.5",
            "1.4.0",
            "1.4.0b3",
            "1.4.0b4",
            "1.4.0b5",
            "1.4.0b6",
            "1.4.0b7",
            "1.4.0b8",
            "1.4.1",
            "1.4.1rc2",
            "1.4.2",
            "1.4.4",
            "1.4.5",
            "1.4.6",
            "1.4.7",
            "1.4.8"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2026-81701",
        "GHSA-wxx9-p55f-wm34"
      ],
      "details": "openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.9 use a denylist to identify trusted built-in plugins, allowing unsigned plugins in top-level plugins/ directories and unknown subdirectories to bypass signature verification. Attackers can place malicious unsigned plugins following documented installation paths to achieve arbitrary code execution in the CLI process with access to passwords and cryptographic keys.",
      "id": "PYSEC-2026-3778",
      "modified": "2026-09-02T08:34:40.889987Z",
      "published": "2026-08-27T17:21:00.533Z",
      "references": [
        {
          "type": "ADVISORY",
          "url": "https://github.com/jahlives/openssl_encrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-wxx9-p55f-wm34"
        },
        {
          "type": "ADVISORY",
          "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openssl-encrypt-before-1.4.9-arbitrary-code-execution-via-unsigned-plugin"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS: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",
          "type": "CVSS_V4"
        }
      ]
    }