pycrypto (pypi) has 4 known vulnerabilities, the worst rated CRITICAL. No single fixed version is recorded that clears every advisory, so check each one below. No malicious-package signal is recorded.
0 direct dependencies
none carry a known advisory
No published models are known to use this package.
CVSS v3.0 base score out of 10
chance of exploitation in 30 days, 96th percentile of all CVEs
CyberXYZ composite out of 10
fig. 01 — GHSA-cq27-v7xp-c356, the advisory selected below
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ALGnew function in blocktemplace.c in Python Cryptography Toolkit (aka pycrypto) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
Full advisory text at GitHub advisory or NVD.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CyberXYZ does not call a package safe in absolute terms. It records 4 known vulnerabilities for pycrypto (pypi), the worst rated CRITICAL, and no malicious-package signal. Whether it is acceptable depends on the version you run.
Yes. CyberXYZ records 4 known vulnerabilities for pycrypto (pypi), the worst rated CRITICAL. They are GHSA-cq27-v7xp-c356, GHSA-x377-f64p-hf5j, GHSA-6528-wvf6-f6qg, GHSA-v367-p58w-98h5.
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Checked 2026-11-14 at 10:27 UTC. The most recent advisory here was published 2022-05-17. Updated continuously from NVD, GHSA, OSV and CNA feeds.