critical9.8
CVE-2026-39892
cryptography is a package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers.
Impact
cryptography is a package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers. From 45.0.0 to before 46.0.7, if a non-contiguous buffer was passed to APIs which accepted Python buffers (e.g. Hash.update()), this could lead to buffer overflows. This vulnerability is fixed in 46.0.7.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pip | cryptography | >= 45.0.0, < 46.0.7 | 46.0.7 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cryptography.Io | Cryptography | from 45.0.0 before 46.0.7 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p423-j2cm-9vmq
- https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/security/advisories/GHSA-p423-j2cm-9vmq
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-39892
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/08/12
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/cryptography/PYSEC-2026-36.yaml
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19375
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20338
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21017
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22465
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22629
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22840
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23361
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24483
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24761
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24762
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24853
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24866
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24977
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30088
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30089
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37275
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42644
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:43651
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:43670
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:43851