CVE-2026-81690 verify-usb before 1.4.9 Symlink Directory Traversal Code Execution

openssl-encrypt pip package before 1.4.9 contains a symlink-following flaw in its verify-usb v2 added-file allowlist scan. The scan enumerated the drive with rglob, which in CPython does not descend into symlinked directories and treats the symlink as an ordinary directory, while ONOFOLLOW on the...

CVE-2026-81690

openssl-encrypt (pip package) versions before 1.4.9 contain a symlink-following flaw in its verify-usb v2 added-file allowlist scan. The vulnerability arises because rglob() in CPython does not descend into symlinked directories, while O_NOFOLLOW on the hash side binds only the final path compone...