GHSA-jgvm-7jxv-cgcc: openssl-encrypt (CVE-2026-81705)

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...

CVSS 8.7 HighEPSS 0.0044 · 38th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 27 Aug 2026, 17:21 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed in
openssl-encrypt	PyPI	<1.4.9	1.4.9

Identifiers

GHSA-jgvm-7jxv-cgcc · CVE-2026-81705 · PYSEC-2026-3780

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-532

Machine-written summary

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

openssl-encrypt before 1.4.9 fails to redact the file password in its --debug argument dump when it is passed via bundled or abbreviated option spellings, writing it to stderr in cleartext. Anyone with access to that output, such as terminal scrollback or CI logs, can recover the password. Upgrade to version 1.4.9.

Written 5 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
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 0.0044, the 38th percentile, on 15 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

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

Sources

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