CVE-2026-74885

LOWPre-NVD 3.63.6—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 3.6 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-17. The CNA's CVSS baseline 3.6; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:vulncheck, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
3.6EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 3.6Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain a logging bug in restore_hidden_modules() that logs module counts after clearing, always showing zero restored modules and corrupting audit trails. Additionally, a race condition exists between module hiding and import hook installation where another thread could re-import blocked modules in multi-threaded environments.

CVSS v3
3.6
EG Score
3.6LOWmedium confidence
EG Risk
16
EG Risk 16/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity36% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
9th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 17, 2026

Last Modified

October 1, 2026

References (2)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-74885(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openssl-encrypt0.2.2 ... 1.4.0b8 (44 versions)
  • every version up to 1.4.0: fixed in 1.4.0
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 44× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-04 11:45 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-04 11:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
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  6. 2026-10-01 15:29 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-01 15:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-30 10:03 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-30 10:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-29 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
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  14. 2026-09-27 12:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
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  17. 2026-09-24 16:17 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-24 16:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
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  23. 2026-09-21 18:41 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-21 18:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-09-18 21:56 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-18 21:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-16 00:04 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-16 00:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-13 03:17 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-13 03:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-12 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-10 09:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-10 07:21 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-10 07:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-07 11:26 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-07 11:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-06 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-04 11:58 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-04 11:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-01 16:03 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-01 16:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
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  29. 2026-08-31 20:33 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-08-31 20:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-08-30 19:18 UTCEPSS rescore
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  33. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-08-29 05:40 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-08-29 05:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-08-26 03:09 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-08-26 03:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-08-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-08-23 07:10 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-08-23 07:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-08-20 11:15 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-08-20 11:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  51. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-08-17 15:20 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-08-17 15:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-08-17 15:15 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-08-17 15:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-08-17 11:39 UTCEG score recompute
  57. 2026-08-17 11:13 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-08-17 11:12 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-74885?
CVE-2026-74885 is a low vulnerability published on August 17, 2026. opensslencrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain a logging bug in restorehidden_modules() that logs module counts after clearing, always showing zero restored modules and corrupting audit trails. Additionally, a race condition exists between module hiding and import hook installation where another…
When was CVE-2026-74885 disclosed?
CVE-2026-74885 was first published on August 17, 2026, with the most recent update on October 1, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-74885 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-74885 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (9th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-74885?
CVE-2026-74885 has a CVSS base score of 3.6 (the CNA's own assessment, by vulncheck; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-74885?
A fix for CVE-2026-74885 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-74885 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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