openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain a plugin sandbox bypass vulnerability where the PluginImportGuard blocks a different set of modules than the AST analyzer's DANGEROUS_MODULES set. Attackers can bypass AST analysis through string obfuscation or encoding to import unblocked dangerous modules like sys, shutil, multiprocessing, importlib, and pickle for arbitrary code execution.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://github.com/jahlives/openssl_encrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-9pgj-v69p-q586 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
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Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 9.3 · jahlivesNVD modified 2026-10-23 23:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
References 2
- https://github.com/jahlives/openssl_encrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-9pgj-v69p-q586 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openssl-encrypt-before-plugin-import-guard-bypass Third Party Advisory