CVSS 4.0
9.3 criticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NCVE-2026-81694
Critical (9.3) in jahlives openssl encrypt. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in openssl-encrypt 1.4.9.
openssl-encrypt (pip package, versions <= 1.4.8) fails to sanitize filenames read from untrusted drive data (outside the AES-GCM authenticated manifest) before printing them in the verify-usb command's output. An attacker can plant filenames containing terminal cursor-movement and erase-line control bytes that repaint a forged PASSED verdict on screen, masking actual tamper detection. Fixed in 1.4.9 by routing drive-derived names through sanitize_for_display().
Severity
CVSS 3.1
3.3 lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 16% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-117
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- jahlives:openssl_encrypt
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PYSEC-2026-3960 | PyPI | openssl-encrypt | <1.4.9 | 1.4.9 |