HIGHVulnerability
CVE-2026-81698
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.
Properties
- severity
- HIGH
- score
- 7.5
- epss_score
- 0.00284
- cve_id
- CVE-2026-81698
- vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- published_at
- 2026-08-27T17:21:00.070
- last_modified
- 2026-09-01T18:16:56.927
- epss_percentile
- 0.20669
Related Entities (4)
ENRICHED_BY (1)
→[Source]FIRST EPSS
HAS_WEAKNESS (1)
→[Weakness]Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
DESCRIBED_BY (1)
→[Source]NVD
AFFECTS_PRODUCT (1)
→[Product]
Explore deeper with Ninja Signal's threat intelligence graph