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Low · 3.5 CVE-2026-81717 EUVD-2026-67067GHSA-4pgx-8hjp-cmmqGHSA-8jx3-27qf-3p97PYSEC-2026-3801

openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 Integrity Bypass via Added Files

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

Description

openssl_encrypt (pip package openssl-encrypt) before 1.4.9 contains two weaknesses in the portable USB drive feature, whose threat model treats the removable drive as untrusted (attacker with physical write access). USBDriveCreator._verify_integrity_file only validates files listed in the manifest, so files added to the drive — including a root-level autorun payload — are not detected and integrity verification still passes. Additionally, a globally constant, source-embedded KDF salt (_LEGACY_FIXED_SALT) is used to derive the drive encryption key for any drive lacking a per-drive salt file, defeating precomputation resistance and enabling an offline rainbow-table attack.

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-2026-3801

References