MEDIUMVulnerability

CVE-2026-81687

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.9 fail to enforce a time ceiling on key derivation function iteration counts specified in file metadata. Attackers can craft files with extremely high KDF iteration counts to consume CPU resources for unbounded periods before password verification occurs.

Properties

severity
MEDIUM
score
5.5
cve_id
CVE-2026-81687
signal_observed_at
2026-09-23T22:44:39+00:00
vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
published_at
2026-08-27T17:20:58.410
last_modified
2026-09-23T17:17:42.653

Related Entities (2)

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

DESCRIBED_BY (1)

[Source]NVD

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