CVE detail
CVE-2026-74896
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.
Buzz score
Why this CVE is surfacing
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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
Mention timeline
- Total mentions
- 2
- within the 30d window
- Peak daily
- 2
- highest bucket
Evidence
Source links by recency
2 source links · newest first
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openssl-encrypt-before-sandbox-escape-via-dunder-attribute-traversalwww.vulncheck.com
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Exploitwww.vulncheck.comAug 17, 2026, 11:16 AM No excerpt available.
Exploitgithub.comAug 17, 2026, 11:16 AM
Exploit code
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