CVE-2026-74881CWE-942

CVE-2026-74881

Medium · published August 17, 2026

CVSS v3.1

6.5

EPSS

Percentile

29.0

In the wild

Unconfirmed

What it is

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 configure CORS with allow_origins set to wildcard and allow_credentials enabled to true. Attackers can create malicious websites that make authenticated cross-origin requests to the API on behalf of any user who visits them.

The record

Technical detail

CVSS v3.1: 6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0: 7.1 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS: 0.00363 · 29.0th percentile
Weakness: CWE-942 · Permissive Cross-domain Security Policy with Untrusted Domains
Published: 2026-08-17T15:16Z

Affected products (1)

Product	Versions	Fixed in
jahlives/openssl_encrypt	< 1.4.0	1.4.0

References (2)

https://github.com/jahlives/openssl_encrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-c65f-x25w-62jv · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openssl-encrypt-before-cors-misconfiguration-via-wildcard-origins · [email protected]

EPSS history

Timeline

17 AUG 11:04Z
openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 CORS Misconfiguration via Wildcard Origins
cvelistv5