CVE-2026-74880

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-17. A secondary CVSS source baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, a secondary CVSS source
Trending — 3 sources updated this week

Also known asEUVD-2026-60099 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.6%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 accept refresh tokens as URL query parameters in keyserver and telemetry server routes. Attackers can extract tokens from server logs, proxy logs, browser history, and HTTP Referer headers to gain unauthorized access.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
59
EG Risk 59/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity98% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation0.6% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
0.6%
EPSS %ILE
46th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.8 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
0.6% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-01). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

August 17, 2026

Last Modified

October 24, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Oct 26, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github.
Web page

openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 Token Leakage via Query Parameters | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openssl-encrypt-before-token-leakage-via-query-parameters
GitHub advisoryMentions a patch (unverified)

Refresh tokens accepted as URL query parameters causing token leakage · Advisory · jahlives/openssl_encrypt · GitHub

https://github.com/jahlives/openssl_encrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-4rh7-jwg9-m28m

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-74880(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 rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openssl-encrypt0.2.2 ... 1.4.0b8 (44 versions)
  • every version up to 1.4.0: fixed in 1.4.0
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Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 21× in last 7d / 101× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. 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. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 419 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 319 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-01 19:56 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-11-01 19:56 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  3. 2026-11-01 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 46th percentile
  4. 2026-10-31 18:42 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-31 18:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  6. 2026-10-31 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 46th percentile
  7. 2026-10-30 17:26 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-30 17:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  9. 2026-10-30 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 46th percentile
  10. 2026-10-29 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 46th percentile
  11. 2026-10-29 16:10 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-10-29 16:10 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  13. 2026-10-28 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 46th percentile
  14. 2026-10-28 14:55 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-28 14:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  16. 2026-10-27 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 46th percentile
  17. 2026-10-27 13:12 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-10-27 13:12 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  19. 2026-10-26 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 46th percentile
  20. 2026-10-26 16:02 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-10-26 16:02 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  22. 2026-10-25 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 46th percentile
  23. 2026-10-25 14:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  24. 2026-10-25 14:03 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-10-24 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 45th percentile
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  1. 2026-10-24 13:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  2. 2026-10-23 23:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  3. 2026-10-23 17:34 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-23 17:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  5. 2026-10-23 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 45th percentile
  6. 2026-10-22 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 45th percentile
  7. 2026-10-22 16:18 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-22 16:18 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  9. 2026-10-21 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 45th percentile
  10. 2026-10-21 14:27 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-21 14:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  12. 2026-10-20 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 45th percentile
  13. 2026-10-20 13:12 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-20 13:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  15. 2026-10-19 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 45th percentile
  16. 2026-10-19 11:51 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-10-19 11:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  18. 2026-10-18 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 45th percentile
  19. 2026-10-18 09:52 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  20. 2026-10-18 03:13 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-10-17 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 45th percentile
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  23. 2026-10-17 08:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  24. 2026-10-16 16:44 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 45th percentile
  25. 2026-10-16 07:20 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-10-16 07:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  27. 2026-10-15 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 45th percentile
  28. 2026-10-15 06:04 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-10-15 06:04 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  30. 2026-10-14 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 45th percentile
  31. 2026-10-14 01:42 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-10-14 01:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  33. 2026-10-13 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 45th percentile
  34. 2026-10-12 21:54 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-10-12 21:54 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  36. 2026-10-12 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 44th percentile
  37. 2026-10-12 15:39 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-10-12 05:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  39. 2026-10-11 19:25 UTCEG score recompute
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  42. 2026-10-11 13:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 44th percentile
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  47. 2026-10-08 16:36 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  48. 2026-10-08 15:42 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-10-08 15:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  50. 2026-10-07 23:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 44th percentile
  51. 2026-10-07 11:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  52. 2026-10-07 06:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  53. 2026-10-07 02:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  54. 2026-10-06 21:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  55. 2026-10-06 17:21 UTCEG score recompute
  56. 2026-10-06 17:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  57. 2026-10-06 15:18 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 44th percentile
  58. 2026-10-06 13:12 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  59. 2026-10-06 09:04 UTCEG score recompute
  60. 2026-10-06 09:04 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  61. 2026-10-05 17:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 44th percentile
  62. 2026-10-05 17:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  63. 2026-10-05 11:56 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  64. 2026-10-05 06:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  66. 2026-10-05 02:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  67. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.6% · 44th percentile
  68. 2026-10-04 21:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  69. 2026-10-04 16:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  70. 2026-10-04 11:46 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  71. 2026-10-04 07:23 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  72. 2026-10-04 03:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  73. 2026-10-03 22:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  75. 2026-10-03 17:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j2j2-c4gj-7cmc · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-74880?
CVE-2026-74880 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on August 17, 2026. openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 accept refresh tokens as URL query parameters in keyserver and telemetry server routes. Attackers can extract tokens from server logs, proxy logs, browser history, and HTTP Referer headers to gain unauthorized access.
When was CVE-2026-74880 made public?
CVE-2026-74880 was made public on February 10, 2026: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, VulnCheck, gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on August 17, 2026. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 24, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-74880 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-74880 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (46th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-74880?
CVE-2026-74880 has a CVSS base score of 9.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-74880?
A fix for CVE-2026-74880 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-74880 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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