CVE-2026-74880Medium▾ Sunlitopenssl-encrypt accepts refresh tokens as URL query parameters causing token leakage
▾ 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%
Refresh tokens are accepted as URL query parameters in the keyserver and telemetry server routes.
# openssl_encrypt_server/modules/keyserver/routes.py:214-215
# openssl_encrypt_server/modules/telemetry/routes.py:90-91
async def refresh_token(
request: Request,
refresh_token: str = Query(..., description="Refresh token")
):
Tokens in URL query parameters are exposed in:
This creates significant token leakage risk.
Body(...) instead of Query(...)Fixed in commit 4b2adb0 on branch releases/1.4.x — moved refresh token from Query parameter to POST body via RefreshRequest Pydantic model.
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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