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CVE-2026-74878

9.3 critical SSVC exploitation: none Analyzed

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 use an in-memory rate limiter for TOTP brute-force protection that is not shared across workers and is lost on server restart. Attackers can distribute authentication attempts across multiple server instances or retry immediately after a restart to bypass rate limiting protections.

Fix

Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1

Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.

Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 9.3 · jahlivesNVD modified 2026-10-08 16:17

Affected (CPE criteria) 1

  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*

References 2