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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-81705 EUVD-2026-67061GHSA-jgvm-7jxv-cgccGHSA-qvh5-87jf-4g7pPYSEC-2026-3780

openssl-encrypt before 1.4.9 Password Cleartext Leak via Debug

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

Description

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.

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-2026-3780

References