Buffer Overflow in cryptography (CVE-2026-39892)
Summary
Vulnerability in cryptography (CVE-2026-39892). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 46.0.7 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
If a non-contiguous buffer was passed to APIs which accepted Python buffers (e.g. Hash.update()), this could lead to buffer overflows. For example:
h = Hash(SHA256())
b.update(buf[::-1])
would read past the end of the buffer on Python >3.11
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-39892 has been found in cryptography.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 9.8/10.
What to do: upgrade cryptography to 46.0.7 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "cryptography CVE-2026-39892" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-39892 (cryptography) — CWE-119 / CVSS v3 9.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 46.0.7 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-119) exists in cryptography.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of cryptography.
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 46.0.7.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'cryptography' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'cryptography' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
cryptographyを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade cryptography to 46.0.7ステージング環境で 46.0.7 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2026-39892 py3-cryptography Fixed in: 46.0.7-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-39892 python-cryptography Fixed in: 46.0.7-1
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory openwall.com
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- patch security-advisories@github.com
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