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CVE-2026-74877: openssl encrypt before 1.4.0 (exclusive); +1 more affected products
CVE-2026-74877. CVSS 3.1 base score 8.8 (HIGH, Vendor/CNA). EPSS 0.00451 (percentile 0.37082), scored 2026-10-06.
Affected technology
openssl encrypt · before 1.4.0 (exclusive)
jahlives
openssl_encrypt · 0 to before 1.4.0
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Description’s affected range: versions before 1.4.0
Component: Not specified by the source
Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 4.0): Network (remote) · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Attackers can revoke arbitrary keys by providing a valid ML-DSA signature, bypassing the intended ownership restriction. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 4.0 assessment (base score 8.7/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.
- CWE
- CWE-639
- CCR priority
- 35.3 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Vendor/CNA
- EPSS
- 0.00451 · percentile 0.37186 · 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-2026-74877.html