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CVE-2026-27459

CVE-2026-27459 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.400000095367432 HIGH

pyOpenSSL is a Python wrapper around the OpenSSL library. Starting in version 22.0.0 and prior to version 26.0.0, if a user provided callback to `set_cookie_generate_callback` returned a cookie value greater than 256 bytes, pyOpenSSL would overflow an OpenSSL provided buffer. Starting in version 26.0.0, cookie values that are too long are now rejected.

EPSS 0.03% · 8.1th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.400000095367432
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.03%
8.1th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
pyopensslpyopenssl22.0.0
PyPIpyopenssl22.0.0
libexif_projectlibexif
libexif projectlibexif0
linuxlinux_kernel2.6.24, 2.6.24, 2.6.24
LinuxLinux6.1.165, 6.12.75, 6.18.14

Timeline

  • Mar 16, 2026 CVE Published
  • Mar 17, 2026 Security Advisory
  • Mar 18, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Mar 19, 2026 CVE Updated
  • Mar 19, 2026 PoC Published
  • Mar 19, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Mar 19, 2026 PoC Published
  • Mar 20, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Mar 21, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Mar 22, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Mar 23, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Mar 24, 2026 EPSS Score

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