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openssl-encrypt before 1.4.9 fails to redact the file password in its --debug argv dump when the password is supplied vi

openssl-encrypt before 1.4.9 fails to redact the file password in its --debug argv dump when the password is supplied via bundled short-option spellings (e.g. -apHunter2) or abbreviated long-option spellings (e.g. --passw). The sanitizer only recognized exact option names, --option=value forms, and tokens starting with -p, so these spellings bypass the redaction chokepoint and the cleartext password is written to stderr. Anyone with access to that output (terminal scrollback, merged 2>&1 output,

CVE-2026-81705Published 1 week agoUpdated 4 days agoSource: OSV

Affected packages

  • openssl-encryptbefore 1.4.9

Exploit signal

Known exploited (CISA KEV)
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