CVE-2026-74885

LOWPre-NVD 3.63.6—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 3.6 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-17. a secondary CVSS source baseline 3.6; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
3.6EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 3.6Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain a logging bug in restore_hidden_modules() that logs module counts after clearing, always showing zero restored modules and corrupting audit trails. Additionally, a race condition exists between module hiding and import hook installation where another thread could re-import blocked modules in multi-threaded environments.

CVSS v3
3.6
EG Score
3.6(medium)
EG Risk
16(Track)
EG Risk 16/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity36% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 17, 2026

Last Modified

September 1, 2026

References (2)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-74885(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openssl-encrypt0.2.2 ... 1.4.0b8 (44 versions)1.4.0—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 48× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-18 21:56 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-18 21:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-16 00:04 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-16 00:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-13 03:17 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-13 03:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-12 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-10 09:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-10 07:21 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-10 07:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-07 11:26 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-07 11:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-06 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-04 11:58 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-04 11:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-01 16:03 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-01 16:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-31 20:33 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-31 20:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-30 19:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-29 05:40 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-29 05:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-26 03:09 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-26 03:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-23 07:10 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-23 07:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-20 11:15 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-20 11:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-08-17 15:20 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-08-17 15:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-08-17 15:15 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-08-17 15:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-08-17 11:39 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-08-17 11:13 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-08-17 11:12 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-74885?
CVE-2026-74885 is a low vulnerability published on August 17, 2026. opensslencrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain a logging bug in restorehidden_modules() that logs module counts after clearing, always showing zero restored modules and corrupting audit trails. Additionally, a race condition exists between module hiding and import hook installation where another…
When was CVE-2026-74885 disclosed?
CVE-2026-74885 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 17, 2026, with the most recent update on September 1, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-74885 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-74885 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 97.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-74885?
CVE-2026-74885 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.6 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-74885?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-74885, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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