CRITICAL 9.3 NVD

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

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.

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Published: 2026-08-17 · Source: NVD · Feed updated: 2026-08-17
This critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.3 was published on 2026-08-17 via NVD.

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CVE Disclosed2026-08-17 · -1 days ago

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