VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-81705

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.44%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-08-27
Last modified2026-09-01
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

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 spellings (e.g. --passw). The sanitizer only recognized exact option names, --option=value forms, and tokens starting with -p, so these spellings bypass the redaction chokepoint and the cleartext password is written to stderr. Anyone with access to that output (terminal scrollback, merged 2>&1 output, CI job logs, or the GUI's persistent debug log) can recover the password.

Weakness classification

  • disclosure@vulncheck.com: CWE-532

Primary references