aws / aws/amazon-s3-encryption-client-python

Remove upper bounds on cryptography dependency

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Description

Currently pyproject.toml has an upper bound on cryptography: https://github.com/aws/amazon-s3-encryption-client-python/blob/b067ea4b987181d907b675dac0cc99f69697dce4/pyproject.toml#L13

At the moment this is resulting in an older version being installed that has open CVEs assigned against it, as the package mostly uses major versions for new releases:

```
┌──────────────┬────────────────┬──────────┬────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Library │ Vulnerability │ Severity │ Status │ Installed Version │ Fixed Version │ Title │
├──────────────┼────────────────┼──────────┼────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ cryptography │ CVE-2026-69247 │ HIGH │ fixed │ 48.0.1 │ 50.0.0 │ python-cryptography: python-cryptography: PKCS#7 │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ EnvelopedData decryption exposes a Bleichenbacher oracle │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ through distinguishable errors... │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ https://avd.aquasec.com/nvd/cve-2026-69247 │
│ ├────────────────┤ │ │ ├───────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ CVE-2026-69249 │ │ │ │ 49.0.0 │ python-cryptography: python-cryptography: Duplicate │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ self-signed intermediates can cause exponential │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ path-building │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ https://avd.aquasec.com/nvd/cve-2026-69249 │
│ ├────────────────┼──────────┤ │ │ ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ CVE-2026-69248 │ MEDIUM │ │ │ │ python-cryptography: python-cryptography: │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ python-cryptography verifier accepts wildcard DNS names │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ allowing escape from permittedSubtrees... │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ https://avd.aquasec.com/nvd/cve-2026-69248 │
└──────────────┴────────────────┴──────────┴────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```

These days we can override this with uv, but unless there's a technical need due to incompatibility - it would be appreciated if the upper bound is removed.

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Research direction

Start with the cryptography dependency declaration in pyproject.toml at line 13 and check how uv resolves it. Remove the upper bound, then verify that dependency resolution can select a version at or above the stated fixed versions rather than the vulnerable 48.0.1 release.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
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security
Issue type
Bug
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1/5
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Under an hour
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