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Advisory record · GHSA-rx2c-m92f-qv6p

In openssl_encrypt (pip package openssl-encrypt) versions <= 1.4.8, the desktop GUI passes the steganography password to the CLI child process on the command line via the --stego-password argument ...

CVSS 6.9 MediumEPSS 0.0017 · 5th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 27 Aug 2026, 17:20 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
openssl-encryptPyPI<1.4.91.4.9
Identifiers
GHSA-rx2c-m92f-qv6p · CVE-2026-81684 · PYSEC-2026-3958
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-214
Tags
Published
27 Aug 2026
Updated
10 Sept 2026

Machine-written summary

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

The openssl-encrypt package, versions 1.4.8 and earlier, has a flaw in its desktop GUI: it passes the steganography password to the CLI child process as a command-line argument rather than through an environment variable, as it does for the main password. A local user on the same system can read that password from the process command line while the subprocess runs. Upgrade to version 1.4.9, which fixes the issue.

Written 1 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
6.9 Medium 4.0 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 CNA (VulnCheck)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0017, the 5th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:10 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:10 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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