# openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.9 contain a signature verification vulnerability in gpg_runner.verify_detached that accepts revoked and expired keys by only checking VALIDSIG status without ins...

Advisory record · `GHSA-x38r-8wf3-q9hq`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-x38r-8wf3-q9hq` · `CVE-2026-81700` · `PYSEC-2026-3777`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 9.3 Critical
- **Critical:** Yes: CVSS 9+
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-347](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/347.html)
- **Tags:** [Weak cryptography or TLS](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/weak-crypto.md)
- **Published:** 27 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 2 Sept 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 27 Aug 2026, 17:21 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Critical

Critical, because:

- CVSS score 9.3: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

## Affected packages

- `openssl-encrypt` (PyPI): affected `<1.4.9`; fixed in `1.4.9`

## Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

> openssl-encrypt versions before 1.4.9 accept signatures made with revoked or expired GPG keys, because signature verification only checks the VALIDSIG status and ignores revocation, expiry, and gpg exit codes. An attacker holding a compromised-then-revoked signing key or an expired project key could get malicious plugins past verification and run them in the host process. Upgrade to openssl-encrypt 1.4.9.

Written 5 Nov 2026.

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 9.3 Critical, CVSS 4.0: `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`, from CNA (VulnCheck)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0035, the 28th percentile, on 9 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 31 Oct 2026, 14:38 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:38 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2026-3777)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-x38r-8wf3-q9hq](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x38r-8wf3-q9hq)
- [OSV: GHSA-x38r-8wf3-q9hq](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-x38r-8wf3-q9hq)
- <https://github.com/jahlives/openssl_encrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-x38r-8wf3-q9hq>
- <https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openssl-encrypt-before-1.4.9-gpg-signature-verification-bypass>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-x38r-8wf3-q9hq>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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