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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
AV:N since bundle data can arrive remotely and PR:N as no auth is intrinsic, but AC:H because exploitation requires the app to use the unverified from_dict()->to_identity() path; A:N since impact is secret disclosure/crypto-integrity, not availability.
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CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain a vulnerability in PublicKeyBundle.from_dict() that creates key bundles from untrusted data without verifying signatures. Attackers can call from_dict() followed by to_identity() without signature verification to encrypt data using attacker-controlled public keys, leaking secrets.
AnalysisAI
Secret disclosure affects the openssl_encrypt Python library (all versions before 1.4.0), where PublicKeyBundle.from_dict() constructs key bundles from untrusted serialized data without validating the embedded self-signature, and to_identity() then promotes that unverified bundle into a usable Identity. An application that deserializes an attacker-supplied bundle and encrypts to it - without an intervening verify_signature() call - will encrypt secrets to an attacker-controlled public key, allowing the attacker to decrypt them. …
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| Exploitation | Exploitation requires that a downstream application (a) deserializes attacker-influenced key-bundle data via PublicKeyBundle.from_dict(), and (b) converts it with to_identity() and encrypts to it WITHOUT calling verify_signature() in between. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | The supplied CVSS 4.0 score is 9.3 (Critical) with vector AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N and high confidentiality/integrity/availability impact, but that raw score somewhat overstates real-world exposure because exploitation is not against a running network service - it depends on a consuming application feeding attacker-controlled bundle data through the specific unverified code path. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | An attacker submits a crafted, self-signed-looking key bundle (for example as JSON to an API endpoint or message channel that an application deserializes) to a service built on openssl_encrypt below 1.4.0. The application calls from_dict() then to_identity() without verify_signature(), so it encrypts sensitive payloads to the attacker's public key, and the attacker - holding the matching private key - decrypts the exfiltrated secrets. … |
| Remediation | Vendor-released patch: upgrade to openssl_encrypt 1.4.0, which fixes the issue in commit f4a1ba6 (branch releases/1.4.x) by making from_dict() verify the self-signature by default via a verify=True parameter and raise ValueError on failure; upgrade with 'pip install --upgrade openssl-encrypt>=1.4.0'. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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Within 24 hours, inventory all applications using openssl_encrypt versions prior to 1.4.0, with particular focus on systems handling financial data, authentication credentials, or personally identifiable information. …
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