CVE-2026-81688

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-81688
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-81688.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-81688
Aliases
Published
2026-08-27T14:50:53Z
Modified
2026-09-04T03:47:25Z
Severity
  • 8.7 (High) CVSS_V4 - 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 CVSS Calculator
Summary
openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 Plaintext Confirmation Oracle via SHA-256
Details

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.9 store an unkeyed SHA-256 hash of the plaintext in the cleartext file header metadata. Attackers can read this hash without the password to confirm guessed plaintexts offline or fingerprint identical plaintexts across separately-encrypted files.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner":  "VulnCheck",
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-311"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/81xxx/CVE-2026-81688.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/jahlives/openssl_encrypt

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/jahlives/openssl_encrypt
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
Database specific
Show details
{
    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed":  "1.4.9"
        }
    ],
    "source":  [
        "AFFECTED_FIELD",
        "CPE_RANGE"
    ]
}

Affected versions

v1.*
v1.4.0
v1.4.1rc1
v1.4.1rc2
v1.4.2
v1.4.4
v1.4.5
v1.4.6
v1.4.7

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-81688.json"