{"id":"CVE-2022-35928","aliases":["EUVD-2022-38790","GHSA-r7fv-72pg-fwrq"],"status":"published","title":"AES Crypt for Linux Password Security Vulnerability","description":"AES Crypt is a file encryption software for multiple platforms. AES Crypt for Linux built using the source on GitHub and having the version number 3.11 has a vulnerability with respect to reading user-provided passwords and confirmations via command-line prompts. Passwords lengths were not checked before being read. This vulnerability may lead to buffer overruns. This does _not_ affect source code found on aescrypt.com, nor is the vulnerability present when providing a password or a key via the `-p` or `-k` command-line options. The problem was fixed via in commit 68761851b and will be included in release 3.16. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should us the `-p` or `-k` options to provide a password or key.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00164,"percentile":0.0565,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-120","CWE-1284"],"published":"2022-08-03T19:25:12Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:47Z","products":[{"vendor":"aescrypt","product":"aes_crypt"},{"vendor":"paulej","product":"aescrypt"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-r7fv-72pg-fwrq","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/commit/68761851b595e96c68c3f46bfc21167e72c6a22c","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/35xxx/CVE-2022-35928.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-35928","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2022-35928","title":"AES Crypt for Linux Password Security Vulnerability","description":"AES Crypt is a file encryption software for multiple platforms. 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This does _not_ affect source code found on aescrypt.com, nor is the vulnerability present when providing a password or a key via the `-p` or `-k` command-line options. The problem was fixed via in commit 68761851b and will be included in release 3.16. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should us the `-p` or `-k` options to provide a password or key.","status":"published","published":"2022-08-03T20:15:08.073Z","modified":"2026-06-17T04:52:32.54Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-120","CWE-1284"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:24.39467Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2022-35928","title":"AES Crypt for Linux Password Security Vulnerability","description":"AES Crypt is a file encryption software for multiple platforms. 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