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CVE-2026-74874

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2026-08-17 Modified: 2026-08-17

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.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-338

References