CVE-2026-74874 — openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 Weak PRNG Steganography Pixel Selection
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 w…
Published: 2026-08-17 · CVSS: 8.7 · CVSS 4.0
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7