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CVE-2026-81698

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2026-08-27 Modified: 2026-09-01

Description

openssl_encrypt 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 pepper_name containing shell commands that execute when users copy the printed CLI block into a shell.

Affected Platforms

Jahlives Openssl Encrypt

Weakness Type

CWE-78

References