CVE-2026-74888

CVE-2026-74888CVE-2026-74888

Description

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 use a non-standard PBKDF2 key derivation construction with iterations=1 per call in an outer loop, creating a KDF whose security properties have not been formally analyzed. Attackers can exploit this weakened key derivation to more efficiently crack passwords protecting legacy encrypted files compared to standard PBKDF2 implementations.

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.