openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the Whirlpool hash implementation that uses broad glob patterns to load .so modules without integrity verification. Attackers can place malicious .so files matching the whirlpool*py313*.so pattern in site-packages directories to achieve native code execution when the module is loaded.
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| Description | openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the Whirlpool hash implementation that uses broad glob patterns to load .so modules without integrity verification. Attackers can place malicious .so files matching the whirlpool*py313*.so pattern in site-packages directories to achieve native code execution when the module is loaded. | |
| Title | openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 Arbitrary Code Execution via Whirlpool | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-426 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published: 2026-08-17T11:04:41.525Z
Updated: 2026-08-18T14:35:59.055Z
Reserved: 2026-08-17T10:31:04.593Z
Link: CVE-2026-74872
Updated: 2026-08-18T14:35:46.084Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-17T11:16:41.560
Modified: 2026-08-18T15:17:10.597
Link: CVE-2026-74872
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