Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File Affecting openssl-encrypt package, versions [,1.4.8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-OPENSSLENCRYPT-19428273
  • published29 Aug 2026
  • disclosed17 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 17 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-74870  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-532  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openssl-encrypt to version 1.4.8 or higher.

Overview

openssl-encrypt is an A package for secure file encryption and decryption based on modern ciphers using heavy-compute-load chaining of hashing and KDF to generate strong encryption password based on users provided password to ensure secure encryption of files

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File in the handle_hsm_command process. An attacker can access sensitive hardware-derived values by reviewing terminal output, session recordings, or CI logs generated during diagnostic command execution.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1