GHSA-jqqp-pf9j-889j: openssl-encrypt (CVE-2026-81715)

openssl_encrypt (pip package openssl-encrypt) versions <= 1.4.8 do not redact the keyserver bearer token passed as the positional argument to 'keyserver set-token' in the --debug argv dump, because...

CVSS 8.7 HighEPSS 0.0026 · 17th 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-jqqp-pf9j-889j · CVE-2026-81715 · PYSEC-2026-3964

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-532

Machine-written summary

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

openssl_encrypt versions up to and including 1.4.8 fail to redact the keyserver bearer token passed as a positional argument to 'keyserver set-token' when --debug is used, so the token is printed in cleartext to stderr even without --unsafe-show-secrets. An attacker who can read that output, such as through logs or terminal history, can obtain the credential. Upgrade openssl-encrypt to version 1.4.9.

Written 1 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 0.0026, the 17th percentile, on 15 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

31 Oct 2026, 14:10 UTC First seen by agentprime
31 Oct 2026, 14:10 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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