HIGHVulnerability

CVE-2026-81688

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.9 store an unkeyed SHA-256 hash of the plaintext in the cleartext file header metadata. Attackers can read this hash without the password to confirm guessed plaintexts offline or fingerprint identical plaintexts across separately-encrypted files.

Properties

severity
HIGH
score
7.5
epss_score
0.00198
cve_id
CVE-2026-81688
vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
published_at
2026-08-27T17:20:58.553
last_modified
2026-09-02T13:11:25.713
epss_percentile
0.09658

Related Entities (4)

ENRICHED_BY (1)

[Source]FIRST EPSS

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

DESCRIBED_BY (1)

[Source]NVD

AFFECTS_PRODUCT (1)

[Product]

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