Is CVE-2026-74873 being exploited?

No public exploit is currently tracked.

How severe is CVE-2026-74873?

CVE-2026-74873 has a CVSS v3 severity of MEDIUM (5.5).

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CVE-2026-74873

Description

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 expose passwords passed via the --password CLI argument in process listings accessible to all system users. Attackers can read process arguments through ps aux or /proc/[pid]/cmdline to retrieve plaintext passwords and keystore passwords.