ShellCodeX vulnerability brief
HIGH
Received
CVE-2026-74888
openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 use a non-standard PBKDF2 key derivation construction with iterations=1 per call in an outer loop, creating a KDF whose security properties have not been formally analyzed. Attackers can exploit this weakened key derivation to more efficiently crack passwords protecting legacy encrypted files compared to standard PBKDF2 implementations.
Published 17 Aug 2026, 11:16 UTC
Last modified 17 Aug 2026, 13:16 UTC
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Attack profile
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Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Not assessed
Confidentiality
Not assessed
Integrity
Not assessed
Availability
Not assessed
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Affected products
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Weakness classification
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Source references
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