CVE-2026-74872: openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 Arbitrary Code Execution via Whirlpool
jahlives · openssl_encrypt
Fixed in 1.4.0 · Affected: jahlives openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 52% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the Whirlpool hash implementation that uses broad glob patterns to load .so modules without integrity verification. Attackers can place malicious .so files matching the whirlpool*py313*.so pattern in site-packages directories to achieve native code execution when the module is loaded.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- jahlives · openssl_encryptbefore 1.4.0
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- jahlives
- Published
- August 2026
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