CVE-2026-74884: Jahlives OpenSSL Encrypt

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain a path traversal vulnerability in the _is_safe_path method where the plugin_id parameter is not sanitized before constructing the plugin config directory path. Attackers can declare a malicious plugin_id containing path traversal sequences like '../' to access arbitrary directories outside the intended plugin directory.

Affected products

• Jahlives OpenSSL Encrypt: before 1.4.0 (fixed in 1.4.0)

Published 2026-08-17. Last modified 2026-09-01.