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CVE-2026-81684

openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 Information Disclosure via Command Line PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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 (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
jahlives / openssl_encryptaffected 0 before 1.4.9; unaffected 1.4.9

CWE

CWE-214

References

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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