Unable to find Libcrypto on Ubuntu Docker container with Django Python

For a Django Python project, I develop in a Docker container. The oscrypto Python package I need is unable to find the Libcrypto library on the Ubuntu container. The Docker image is ubuntu:24.04.

I am using:

Python 3.11.14 (main, Oct 10 2025, 08:54:04) [GCC 13.3.0] on linux

When I try:

>>> from oscrypto import asymmetric

I get the following error:

 Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/root/.local/share/virtualenvs/cartell_django-ZK37DTUr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/oscrypto/asymmetric.py", line 19, in <module>
    from ._asymmetric import _unwrap_private_key_info
  File "/root/.local/share/virtualenvs/cartell_django-ZK37DTUr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/oscrypto/_asymmetric.py", line 27, in <module>
    from .kdf import pbkdf1, pbkdf2, pkcs12_kdf
  File "/root/.local/share/virtualenvs/cartell_django-ZK37DTUr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/oscrypto/kdf.py", line 9, in <module>
    from .util import rand_bytes
  File "/root/.local/share/virtualenvs/cartell_django-ZK37DTUr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/oscrypto/util.py", line 14, in <module>
    from ._openssl.util import rand_bytes
  File "/root/.local/share/virtualenvs/cartell_django-ZK37DTUr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/oscrypto/_openssl/util.py", line 6, in <module>
    from ._libcrypto import libcrypto, libcrypto_version_info, handle_openssl_error
  File "/root/.local/share/virtualenvs/cartell_django-ZK37DTUr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/oscrypto/_openssl/_libcrypto.py", line 9, in <module>
    from ._libcrypto_cffi import (
  File "/root/.local/share/virtualenvs/cartell_django-ZK37DTUr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/oscrypto/_openssl/_libcrypto_cffi.py", line 44, in <module>
    raise LibraryNotFoundError('Error detecting the version of libcrypto')
oscrypto.errors.LibraryNotFoundError: Error detecting the version of libcrypto

For compatibility reasons, we use Python 3.11, so I had to install it within the development container.

This is the Ubuntu Dockerfile for reference:

FROM ubuntu:24.04

RUN apt update -y \
    && apt install -y git \
    && apt install -y sudo \
    && sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common 

RUN sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa -y \
    && sudo apt update -y 
RUN sudo apt install -y python3.11-full \
    && sudo apt install -y pip pipenv

RUN echo "alias python=python3.11" >> ~/.bashrc  

OpenSSL is installed, and I can find a libcrypto.so file within the Ubuntu container:

root@f8f281d06280:/# which openssl
/usr/bin/openssl
root@f8f281d06280:/# find . -type f -name "libcrypto.*"
./usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.3

The oscrypto docs only had extra info about OpenSSL/Libcrypto configurations for Alpine Linux, but I am using Ubuntu

Where is oscrypto expecting to find the libcrypto library and can I just make a symlink to where it wants it, to where the file actually exists? Or is there a better solution entirely?