What is GHSA-562w-22q6-g455?

GHSA-562w-22q6-g455 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 fail to apply sandbox restrictions in the default process...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-562w-22q6-g455 cover?

GHSA-562w-22q6-g455 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-74895. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-562w-22q6-g455?

GHSA-562w-22q6-g455 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-562w-22q6-g455CriticalCVSS 9.8

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 fail to apply sandbox restrictions in the default process...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 17, 2026

Last Modified

August 17, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-74895 →

📋 Description

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 fail to apply sandbox restrictions in the default process isolation mode for plugin execution. Attackers can execute malicious plugins with unrestricted access to the filesystem, network, subprocess execution, and all Python modules.

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/jahlives/openssl_encrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-623h-chj7-hfx8
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74895
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openssl-encrypt-before-plugin-sandbox-bypass-via-process-isolation
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-562w-22q6-g455