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Advisory record · GHSA-h3m5-p59h-x88p

openssl-encrypt has visible password in process list via --password CLI argument

CVSS 8.7 HighEPSS 0.0032 · 24th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 31 Mar 2026, 23:42 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
openssl-encryptPyPI<1.4.01.4.0
Identifiers
GHSA-h3m5-p59h-x88p · CVE-2026-74873 · PYSEC-2026-3753
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-214 · CWE-256
Tags
Published
31 Mar 2026
Updated
2 Sept 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

openssl-encrypt before 1.4.0 accepts passwords via the --password and --keystore-password command-line arguments, which show in the process list. Any local user on a multi-user system can read them while the command runs. Upgrade to 1.4.0 or later, and enter passwords interactively rather than on the command line.

Written 5 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
8.7 High 4.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CNA (VulnCheck)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0032, the 24th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:38 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:38 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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