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CVE-2026-81719

CVE-2026-81719 · openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 Remote Code Execution via Plugin

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openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 executes untrusted third-party plugins with insufficient controls: the plugin signature policy defaulted to WARN, so an unsigned/unverifiable non-built-in plugin was compiled and executed in the host process at import time, before the runtime sandbox is installed. The only default gate was an incomplete, bypassable AST denylist. If a user is induced to load an attacker's plugin, this results in arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running openssl_encrypt. Fixed in 1.4.9 by defaulting the signature policy to ENFORCE for non-built-in plugins.

CVSS 9.3 · Critical · EPSS 0.4% · Fix available

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Stack: python

Affected products and versions

  • openssl_encrypt

    Versions
    • ≥ 0, < 1.4.9: Affected (semver)
    • 1.4.9: Not affected (semver)

    Update to 1.4.9

  • openssl-encrypt PyPI

    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
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 1.4.9

    Update to 1.4.9

Original sources

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