HIGH8.8

PYSEC-2026-3776

Quick fix

PYSEC-2026-3776 — openssl-encrypt: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'openssl-encrypt>=1.4.9'

Details

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.9 contain a shell injection vulnerability in the info command's reconstructed CLI block that interpolates untrusted metadata fields without quoting. Attackers can craft metadata values like pepper_name containing shell commands that execute when users copy the printed CLI block into a shell.

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Affected packages

PyPI/openssl-encrypt

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.4.9

Fixpip install --upgrade 'openssl-encrypt>=1.4.9'

References

https://github.com/jahlives/openssl_encrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-gw2m-mj6q-59hc[ADVISORY]
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openssl-encrypt-before-1.4.9-shell-injection-via-info-command[ADVISORY]