LOWVulnerability

CVE-2026-74887

openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 imports Python's non-cryptographic 'random' module (Mersenne Twister PRNG) at line 15 of openssl_encrypt/modules/pqc.py. No direct calls to random.* were present in the code, so no cryptographic operation is currently affected; however, the import creates a hazard that future code could inadvertently use random.randint() instead of a cryptographically secure alternative (secrets/os.urandom), producing predictable values since the Mersenne Twister state can be recovered from approximately 624 outputs. Fixed by removing the import in 1.4.0.

Properties

severity
LOW
score
3.7
epss_score
0.00182
cve_id
CVE-2026-74887
vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
published_at
2026-08-17T11:16:43.523
last_modified
2026-08-31T15:49:13.423
epss_percentile
0.07867

Related Entities (4)

ENRICHED_BY (1)

[Source]FIRST EPSS

AFFECTS_PRODUCT (1)

[Product]

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

DESCRIBED_BY (1)

[Source]NVD

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