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Medium · 6.2 CVE-2026-81686 EUVD-2026-67042GHSA-7fhx-8rmv-qjj3GHSA-jgvp-mwh2-v4m7PYSEC-2026-3794

openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 D-Bus Properties Authorization Bypass

Published Aug 27, 2026 · Updated Oct 1, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

openssl_encrypt 1.4.x before 1.4.9 contains an optional D-Bus crypto service whose org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set method performs neither a polkit authorization check nor value validation. Any local user on the system bus can call Set without authorization and set MaxConcurrentOperations (to 0/negative, causing the concurrency gate to refuse all subsequent operations, or to a huge value removing the limit) or the unbounded DefaultTimeout, resulting in a persistent denial of service of the root daemon. The D-Bus service exists only on the 1.4.x line and was removed in 1.5.x.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
jahlives openssl_encrypt < 1.4.9 1.4.9

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI openssl-encrypt < 1.4.9 1.4.9 PYSEC-2026-3794

References