CRITICALVulnerability

CVE-2026-74875

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 silently skip JSON schema validation when the jsonschema library is not installed, allowing malformed metadata to be accepted. Attackers can remove the jsonschema package or supply unknown metadata format versions to bypass all schema checks and process malicious data.

Properties

severity
CRITICAL
score
9.8
epss_score
0.00179
cve_id
CVE-2026-74875
vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
published_at
2026-08-17T11:16:41.943
last_modified
2026-09-01T15:28:53.623
epss_percentile
0.0748

Related Entities (4)

ENRICHED_BY (1)

[Source]FIRST EPSS

AFFECTS_PRODUCT (1)

[Product]

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

DESCRIBED_BY (1)

[Source]NVD

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