CVE-2026-74879Medium▾ Sunlitopenssl-encrypt's readiness endpoint leaks database error details to unauthenticated callers
▾ Sunlit zone — Low / medium · no exploitation signal
impact 27.5 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 0
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Disclosed via OSV
Last analysed / modified upstream
0.3%
The /ready endpoint in openssl_encrypt_server/server.py at lines 159-175 catches database errors and returns the full exception string in the response.
except Exception as e:
return {"status": "not_ready", "reason": str(e)}
Database exception messages can leak:
This information is available to unauthenticated callers.
{"status": "not_ready", "reason": "database unavailable"}Fixed in commit 7aa8787 on branch releases/1.4.x — replaced str(e) with generic "database check failed" message; full exception logged server-side at WARNING level.
openssl-encrypt < 1.4.0Upgrade to a patched release:
openssl-encrypt 1.4.0Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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