CVE-2026-74874

CVE-2026-74874CVE-2026-74874

Description

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 use Python's non-cryptographic random module for steganographic pixel selection in the generate_pseudorandom_sequence function. Attackers who know the password can recover the Mersenne Twister state from approximately 624 outputs and predict pixel locations containing hidden data for extraction.

Scoring

CVSS 7.5 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Last modified2026-08-17
Sourced from NVD. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.