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CVE-2026-74875: openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 Schema Validation Bypass

CriticalCVSS 9.3 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 37/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.27% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • Fixed version: jahlives openssl_encrypt 1.4.0.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to jahlives openssl_encrypt 1.4.0 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 silently skip JSON schema validation when the jsonschema library is not installed, allowing malformed metadata to be accepted. Attackers can remove the jsonschema package or supply unknown metadata format versions to bypass all schema checks and process malicious data.

Published
Aug 17, 2026
Updated
Oct 8, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 19th percentile

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Action score

37

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
—
CNA · VulnCheck
9.3
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

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

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
jahlivesopenssl encrypt

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (VulnCheck). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • jahlives openssl_encrypt

    • 1.4.0not affected
    • before 1.4.0affected · semver

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • jahlives openssl encryptbefore 1.4.0

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
PyPIopenssl-encryptbefore 1.4.01.4.0

Same product

jahlives: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-81719openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 Remote Code Execution via Plugin
    37Monitor
  • CVE-2026-81717openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 Integrity Bypass via Added Files
    37Monitor
  • CVE-2026-81714openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 Plugin Signing Trust Anchor Enrollment Bypass
    37Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-74873Aug 17, 2026 · openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 Password Exposure via CLI Argument
    34Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-74874Aug 17, 2026 · openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 Weak PRNG Steganography Pixel Selection
    34Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-74876Aug 17, 2026 · openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 Unverified Key Bundle Encryption
    37Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
jahlives openssl_encrypt1.4.0Vendor (CNA)
PyPI:openssl-encrypt1.4.0Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-748900 days apartopenssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 HMAC Authentication Bypass via Environment Variable
    37Monitor
  • CVE-2026-8170210 days apartopenssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 Key Substitution via Identity Load
    37Monitor
  • CVE-2026-8170610 days apartopenssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 Key Substitution via Identity Shadowing
    37Monitor
  • CVE-2026-748820 days apartopenssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 Insecure Default Configuration
    34Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-345 · Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

CVSS vector

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

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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References

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