VDB-391259 · CVE-2026-74896 · GCVE-0-2026-74896

jahlives Openssl Encrypt up to 1.3.x DangerousPatternVisitor subclasses privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in jahlives Openssl Encrypt up to 1.3.x. Affected by this vulnerability is the function __subclasses__ of the component DangerousPatternVisitor. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-74896. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in jahlives Openssl Encrypt up to 1.3.x. This issue affects the function __subclasses__ of the component DangerousPatternVisitor. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain a sandbox escape vulnerability in the DangerousPatternVisitor AST analyzer that fails to detect dunder attribute traversal techniques. Attackers can use __class__, __bases__, __subclasses__(), and __globals__ chains to access restricted functions and execute arbitrary system commands from plugin code.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-74896 since 08/17/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 1.4.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

Network Encryption Software

Vendor

jahlives

Name

Openssl Encrypt

Version

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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CNA Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Openssl Encrypt 1.4.0

Timelineinfo

08/17/2026 Advisory disclosed
08/17/2026 +0 days CVE reserved
08/17/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/17/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-74896 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-74896
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-391259

Entryinfo

Created: 08/17/2026 13:42
Changes: 08/17/2026 13:42 (78)
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Cache ID: 216::103