CVE-2026-74894Critical· 9.8▾ Midnightopenssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the verify_api_token function that accepts any non-empty Bearer token string without validation. Attackers can upload arbitrary public keys, enumerate all ke…
▾ Midnight zone — Critical, or high with PoC / in-the-wild
impact 53.9 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 0
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Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA's ADP record at CVE.org: whether exploitation is observed, whether an attack can be automated, and how much of the system is at stake. The CVSS score shown above comes from the assigning CNA record, not NVD.
Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Sep 2.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via CVEORG
0.4%
0.4% → 0.7%
Last analysed / modified upstream
— → 9.8
none → critical
openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the verify_api_token function that accepts any non-empty Bearer token string without validation. Attackers can upload arbitrary public keys, enumerate all keys, and revoke keys belonging to any user by providing any Bearer token in the Authorization header.
openssl_encrypt < 1.4.0Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.
Affected packages:
openssl-encrypt < 1.4.0Patched in:
openssl-encrypt 1.4.0Field changes observed since this record was first indexed.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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