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.
{
"cna_assigner": "VulnCheck",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-311"
],
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/81xxx/CVE-2026-81688.json"
}{
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*",
"extracted_events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.4.9"
}
],
"source": [
"AFFECTED_FIELD",
"CPE_RANGE"
]
}