CVE-2026-81684: openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 Information Disclosure via Command Line
jahlives · openssl_encrypt
Vendor fix available · Affected: jahlives openssl_encrypt · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 5% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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 (on both encrypt and decrypt paths) instead of via an environment variable as done for the main password. Any local user can read the steganography password from /proc/<pid>/cmdline for the lifetime of the subprocess. Fixed in 1.4.9.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- jahlives · openssl_encryptbefore 1.4.9
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- jahlives
- Published
- August 2026
CoverageNo articles yet
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