CVE-2026-81705
openssl-encrypt before 1.4.9 Password Cleartext Leak via Debug
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
openssl-encrypt before 1.4.9 fails to redact the file password in its --debug argv dump when the password is supplied via bundled short-option spellings (e.g. -apHunter2) or abbreviated long-option spellings (e.g. --passw). The sanitizer only recognized exact option names, --option=value forms, and tokens starting with -p, so these spellings bypass the redaction chokepoint and the cleartext password is written to stderr. Anyone with access to that output (terminal scrollback, merged 2>&1 output, CI job logs, or the GUI's persistent debug log) can recover the password.
| CWE | CWE-532 |
| Vendor | jahlives |
| Product | openssl_encrypt |
| Published | Aug 27, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Affected Versions
jahlives / openssl_encrypt
0 < 1.4.9