openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the Whirlpool hash implementation that uses broad glob patterns to load .so modules without integrity verification. Attackers can place malicious .so files matching the whirlpool*py313*.so pattern in site-packages directories to achieve native code execution when the module is loaded.
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Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Jahlives
Jahlives openssl Encrypt
Vendors & Products Jahlives
Jahlives openssl Encrypt

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:15:00 +0000

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Description openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the Whirlpool hash implementation that uses broad glob patterns to load .so modules without integrity verification. Attackers can place malicious .so files matching the whirlpool*py313*.so pattern in site-packages directories to achieve native code execution when the module is loaded.
Title openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 Arbitrary Code Execution via Whirlpool
Weaknesses CWE-426
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-18T14:35:59.055Z

Reserved: 2026-08-17T10:31:04.593Z

Link: CVE-2026-74872

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-18T14:35:46.084Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-17T11:16:41.560

Modified: 2026-08-18T15:17:10.597

Link: CVE-2026-74872

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-21T12:41:10Z

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