Arbitrary file access via unhooked file APIs
Published Aug 17, 2026 · Updated Aug 17, 2026
Sandbox bypass in jahlives OpenSSL Encrypt before 1.4.0 allows attackers to read and write files via unrestricted pathlib and io calls. In modules/plugin_system/plugin_sandbox.py, the sandbox replaces builtins.open with restricted_open but leaves pathlib.Path methods and io.open callable and importable, so untrusted plugin code can bypass the file hook entirely. Reachability depends on any deployment path that executes attacker-supplied plugin code; in threading mode the vendor states the bypass is trivial, and in default process isolation mode file restrictions are absent entirely.
Summary
What happened
Sandbox bypass in jahlives OpenSSL Encrypt before 1.4.0 allows attackers to read and write files via unrestricted pathlib and io calls. In modules/plugin_system/plugin_sandbox.py, the sandbox replaces builtins.open with restricted_open but leaves pathlib.Path methods and io.open callable and importable, so untrusted plugin code can bypass the file hook entirely. Reachability depends on any deployment path that executes attacker-supplied plugin code; in threading mode the vendor states the bypass is trivial, and in default process isolation mode file restrictions are absent entirely.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-74883
- Published
- Aug 17, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 17, 2026
- Vendor
- jahlives
- Product
- OpenSSL Encrypt
- Classifications
- CWE-693
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 17, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 17, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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