CVE-2026-74878

opensslencrypt versions before 1.4.0 use an in-memory rate limiter for TOTP brute-force protection that is not shared across workers and is lost on server restart. Attackers can distribute authentication attempts across multiple server instances or retry immediately after a restart to bypass rate...

CVE-2026-74878 openssl_encrypt before 1.4.0 TOTP Rate Limiter Bypass

opensslencrypt versions before 1.4.0 use an in-memory rate limiter for TOTP brute-force protection that is not shared across workers and is lost on server restart. Attackers can distribute authentication attempts across multiple server instances or retry immediately after a restart to bypass rate...

EUVD-2026-60097

opensslencrypt versions before 1.4.0 use an in-memory rate limiter for TOTP brute-force protection that is not shared across workers and is lost on server restart. Attackers can distribute authentication attempts across multiple server instances or retry immediately after a restart to bypass rate...

CVE-2026-74878

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.0 contain a TOTP brute-force rate limiter bypass in openssl_encrypt_server/modules/pepper/totp.py. The TOTPRateLimiter class stores attempt and lockout state in an in-memory defaultdict(list) as a class variable, meaning rate-limit state is not shared across wo...

GHSA-H45M-MGCP-Q388 openssl-encrypt: TOTP rate limiter is in-memory only — not shared across workers, lost on restart

Severity: HIGH Summary The TOTP brute-force rate limiter in opensslencryptserver/modules/pepper/totp.py at lines 47-98 uses an in-memory defaultdictlist as a class variable. Affected Code python class TOTPRateLimiter: def initself, ...: self.attempts: Dictstr, Listdatetime = defaultdictlist...