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PYSEC-2026-3771

CriticalCVSS 9.3 / 10
Published Aug 17, 2026·Last modified Sep 2, 2026
Affected Components(1)
PyPI logoopenssl-encrypt
< 1.4.0
Description

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain a sandbox escape vulnerability in the DangerousPatternVisitor AST analyzer that fails to detect dunder attribute traversal techniques. Attackers can use class, bases, subclasses(), and globals chains to access restricted functions and execute arbitrary system commands from plugin code.

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Risk Scores
Base Score
9.3

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability.

Threat Intelligence
8.1

Exploitation activity has been observed. Apply available patches or mitigations urgently.

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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