CVE-2026-81698

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-81698
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-81698.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-81698
Aliases
  • GHSA-gw2m-mj6q-59hc
Published
2026-08-27T14:51:02.701Z
Modified
2026-08-30T03:31:03.781753137Z
Severity
  • 9.3 (Critical) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 Shell Injection via info command
Details

opensslencrypt versions before 1.4.9 contain a shell injection vulnerability in the info command's reconstructed CLI block that interpolates untrusted metadata fields without quoting. Attackers can craft metadata values like peppername containing shell commands that execute when users copy the printed CLI block into a shell.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/81xxx/CVE-2026-81698.json",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-78"
    ],
    "cna_assigner": "VulnCheck"
}
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
39b0a010cae90520f74b7194f61fedd43af04ef8
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "source": [
        "AFFECTED_FIELD",
        "DESCRIPTION"
    ],
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "1.4.9"
        }
    ]
}

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-2026-81698.json"