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CVE-2026-81684

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.2 Published: 2026-08-27 Modified: 2026-08-31

Description

In openssl_encrypt (pip package openssl-encrypt) versions <= 1.4.8, the desktop GUI passes the steganography password to the CLI child process on the command line via the --stego-password argument (on both encrypt and decrypt paths) instead of via an environment variable as done for the main password. Any local user can read the steganography password from /proc//cmdline for the lifetime of the subprocess. Fixed in 1.4.9.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-214

References