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CVE-2026-74887

openssl_encrypt

Description

openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 imports Python-s non-cryptographic -random- module (Mersenne Twister PRNG) at line 15 of openssl_encrypt/modules/pqc.py. No direct calls to random.* were present in the code, so no cryptographic operation is currently affected; however, the import creates a hazard that future code could inadvertently use random.randint() instead of a cryptographically secure alternative (secrets/os.urandom), producing predictable values since the Mersenne Twister state can be recovered from approximately 624 outputs. Fixed by removing the import in 1.4.0.

CVSS 0EPSS 0.207%Risk 0
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Published
2026-08-17 11:16:43
Affected versions
<1.4.0
Type
Library
Last modified
2026-08-26 17:35:02
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N