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CVE-2026-74873: openssl encrypt before 1.4.0 (exclusive); +1 more affected products

CVE-2026-74873. CVSS 3.1 base score 5.5 (MEDIUM, Vendor/CNA). EPSS 0.00315 (percentile 0.22348), scored 2026-10-06.

Affected technology

openssl encrypt · before 1.4.0 (exclusive)
jahlives

openssl_encrypt · 0 to before 1.4.0
jahlives

Description’s affected range: versions before 1.4.0 expose passwords passed via the --password CLI argument in process listings accessible to all system users

Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 4.0): Network (remote) · No privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

Attackers can read process arguments through ps aux or /proc/[pid]/cmdline to retrieve plaintext passwords and keystore passwords. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 4.0 assessment (base score 8.7/10) rates confidentiality impact as high; integrity and availability impact as none.

Published 2026-10-08 17:35:06.420613+00:00

CWE: CWE-214
CCR priority: 22.1 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N · Vendor/CNA
EPSS: 0.00315 · percentile 0.22445 · 2026-10-08
KEV: no

Provenance

FIRST EPSS daily exploit-probability · Source record · observed 2026-10-08 17:36:22.845483+00:00 UTC
NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-08 17:32:11.049884+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-74873.html