CVE-2026-74900Disclosure(jahlives / openssl_encrypt)

LOWCVSS 9.3 · CRITICAL

Signal is active with 2 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain a critical vulnerability in pqc.py where KEM decapsulation failures silently fall back to simulation mode, generating a deterministic shared secret from only 16 bytes of the private key and publicly available encapsulated key data. Attackers who obtain 16 bytes of the private key can compute the shared secret and decrypt all ciphertext, as the fallback triggers on any KEM failure without raising an error.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-391

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • openssl_encrypt

Threat summary

  • 2 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • General: 1 classified signal
  • 2 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
openssl_encrypt

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 1d
01122Mentions · 2026-08-17: 2Technical Details · 2026-08-17: 108-17
Signal classification2 categories
Disclosure
150.0%
General
150.0%
Referenced assets3 URLs
Full discourse2 posts
  • CERT-PY@CERTpy
    Disclosure

    ⚠️ Vulnerabilidades en Libreria de Python ❗ CVE-2026-74901 ❗ CVE-2026-74900 ❗ CVE-2026-74896 ➡️ Más info: https://www.cert.gov.py/vulnerabilidades-en-libreria-de-python/ https://t.co/PLKCikgWT5

    Post summary

    The post lists three new Python library CVEs (CVE-2026-74901, CVE-2026-74900, CVE-2026-74896) and provides a link for further information, but offers no additional details on exploitation or remediation.

    01010186
    6.7K followersView on X
  • Vulmon Vulnerability Feed@VulmonFeeds
    General

    CVE-2026-74900 openssl_encrypt KEM Decapsulation Failure Leads to Deterministic Shared ... https://vulmon.com/vulnerabilitydetails?qid=CVE-2026-74900 Vulnerability Notification: https://alerts.vulmon.com/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2102281&utm_content=3

    Post summary

    The tweet only references CVE‑2026‑74900 and links to external detail pages, providing minimal technical context without evidence of PoC, exploit code, active use, or patch information.

    0000094
    4.1K followersView on X
CPE platform detail1 entries

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PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
Appjahlivesopenssl_encrypt-python-

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