CVE-2026-74887
openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 imports Python's non-cryptographic 'random' module (Mersenne Twister PRNG) at line 15 of openssl_encrypt/modules/pqc.py. No direct calls to random.* were present in the code, so no cryptographic operation is currently affected; however, the import creates a hazard that future code could inadvertently use random.randint() instead of a cryptographically secure alternative (secrets/os.urandom), producing predictable values since the Mersenne Twister state can be recovered from approximately 624 outputs. Fixed by removing the import in 1.4.0.
Scoring
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS base score
- 6.3
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- EPSS probability
- 0.18%
- CWE
- CWE-338
- Published
- 2026-08-17
- Last modified
- 2026-08-28
Affected products
- jahlives openssl_encrypt
- jahlives openssl_encrypt
Weakness type
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