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CVE-2026-74881: openssl encrypt before 1.4.0 (exclusive); +1 more affected products

CVE-2026-74881. CVSS 3.1 base score 9.3 (CRITICAL, NVD). EPSS 0.00363 (percentile 0.27982), 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 configure CORS with allow_origins set to wildcard and allow_credentials enabled to true

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 create malicious websites that make authenticated cross-origin requests to the API on behalf of any user who visits them. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 4.0 assessment (base score 7.1/10) rates confidentiality impact as high; integrity and availability impact as none.

Published 2026-10-08 17:34:44.768294+00:00

CWE: CWE-942
CCR priority: 37.3 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 9.3 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N · NVD
EPSS: 0.00363 · percentile 0.28093 · 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-2026-74881.html