What is GHSA-844w-mwfp-wjwf?

GHSA-844w-mwfp-wjwf is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 use Python's non-cryptographic random module for...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-844w-mwfp-wjwf cover?

GHSA-844w-mwfp-wjwf covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-74874. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-844w-mwfp-wjwf?

GHSA-844w-mwfp-wjwf has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-844w-mwfp-wjwfHighCVSS 7.5

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 use Python's non-cryptographic random module for...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 17, 2026

Last Modified

August 17, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-74874 →

📋 Description

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 use Python's non-cryptographic random module for steganographic pixel selection in the generate_pseudorandom_sequence function. Attackers who know the password can recover the Mersenne Twister state from approximately 624 outputs and predict pixel locations containing hidden data for extraction.

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/jahlives/openssl_encrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-vfgx-5q85-58q3
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74874
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openssl-encrypt-before-weak-prng-steganography-pixel-selection
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-844w-mwfp-wjwf