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Fixed in 1.4.9.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":6.9,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00166,"percentile":0.05916,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-214"],"published":"2026-08-27T14:50:49Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:25Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"openssl-encrypt","fixed_in":["1.4.9"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"openssl-encrypt","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.4.9"}]}],"versions":["0.2.2","0.2.3","0.2.4","0.2.5","0.2.6","0.3.0","0.3.1","0.3.2","0.3.3","0.4.0","0.4.1","0.4.2","0.4.3","0.4.4","0.5.0","0.5.1","0.5.3","0.6.0rc1","0.7.0rc2","0.7.1","0.7.2","0.8.0","0.8.1","0.8.2","0.9.2","1.0.0","1.0.1","1.0.2","1.0.3","1.1.0","1.2.0","1.2.1","1.3.0","1.3.1","1.3.2","1.3.3","1.3.4","1.3.5","1.4.0","1.4.0b3","1.4.0b4","1.4.0b5","1.4.0b6","1.4.0b7","1.4.0b8","1.4.1","1.4.1rc2","1.4.2","1.4.4","1.4.5","1.4.6","1.4.7","1.4.8"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"jahlives","product":"openssl_encrypt"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/jahlives/openssl_encrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-rx2c-m92f-qv6p","tags":["vendor-advisory","Vendor Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openssl-encrypt-before-1.4.9-information-disclosure-via-command-line","tags":["third-party-advisory","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81684","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-82vg-rggx-556v"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/81xxx/CVE-2026-81684.json","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-81684","title":"openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 Information Disclosure via Command Line","description":"In openssl_encrypt (pip package openssl-encrypt) versions \u003c= 1.4.8, the desktop GUI passes the steganography password to the CLI child process on the command line via the --stego-password argument (on both encrypt and decrypt paths) instead of via an environment variable as done for the main password. Any local user can read the steganography password from /proc/\u003cpid\u003e/cmdline for the lifetime of the subprocess. Fixed in 1.4.9.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-27T14:50:49.62Z","modified":"2026-10-01T15:21:19.48Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.9,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"},{"version":"3.1","score":6.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-214"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:36:18.075535Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-67040","description":"In openssl_encrypt (pip package openssl-encrypt) versions \u003c= 1.4.8, the desktop GUI passes the steganography password to the CLI child process on the command line via the --stego-password argument (on both encrypt and decrypt paths) instead of via an environment variable as done for the main password. 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