EUVD-2026-67046

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 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 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...

EUVD-2026-67040

In opensslencrypt pip package openssl-encrypt versions /cmdline for the lifetime of the subprocess. Fixed in 1.4.9...

CVE-2026-81684

openssl_encrypt (pip package openssl-encrypt) versions ≤ 1.4.8 contain an information disclosure flaw in its desktop GUI. The steganography password is passed to a CLI child process via the --stego-password command-line argument (on both encrypt and decrypt paths) rather than through an environme...

CVE-2026-81684 openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 Information Disclosure via Command Line

In opensslencrypt pip package openssl-encrypt versions /cmdline for the lifetime of the subprocess. Fixed in 1.4.9...

EUVD-2026-67039

opensslencrypt pip package openssl-encrypt versions 1.4.8 and earlier store an mTLS client private key in cleartext within a world-readable 0644 SharedPreferences file via the desktop GUI's Settings screen 'combined certificate and private key' PEM field. A local attacker with file system access...

CVE-2026-81683

CVE-2026-81683 affects the openssl_encrypt Python package (pip name openssl-encrypt) versions 1.4.8 and earlier . The vulnerability is in the desktop GUI's Settings screen, where a "combined certificate and private key" PEM field stores an mTLS client private key in cleartext within a world-reada...

CVE-2026-81683 openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 Plaintext Private Key Storage

opensslencrypt pip package openssl-encrypt versions 1.4.8 and earlier store an mTLS client private key in cleartext within a world-readable 0644 SharedPreferences file via the desktop GUI's Settings screen 'combined certificate and private key' PEM field. A local attacker with file system access...

CVE-2026-81681 openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 False Encryption via Cleartext Storage

opensslencrypt pip package openssl-encrypt versions = 1.4.8 advertise a portable USB workspace as an 'Encrypted USB Workspace' with AES-256-GCM encryption and write a marker declaring the workspace encrypted, but the workspace directory is actually stored in cleartext and the derived encryption k...

CVE-2026-81681 openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 False Encryption via Cleartext Storage

opensslencrypt pip package openssl-encrypt versions = 1.4.8 advertise a portable USB workspace as an 'Encrypted USB Workspace' with AES-256-GCM encryption and write a marker declaring the workspace encrypted, but the workspace directory is actually stored in cleartext and the derived encryption k...

PT-2026-85196

openssl encrypt pip package openssl-encrypt before 1.4.9 contains two weaknesses in the portable USB drive feature, whose threat model treats the removable drive as untrusted attacker with physical write access. USBDriveCreator. verify integrity file only validates files listed in the manifest, s...

PT-2026-85190

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...

PT-2026-82586

openssl encrypt versions before 1.4.9 fail to sanitize recovery-slot metadata in the desktop GUI, allowing attackers to inject control characters and line separators into the irreversible-removal confirmation dialog. Attackers can craft encrypted files with malicious slot identifiers containing...

PT-2026-82615

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions openssl encrypt versions prior to 1.4.9 Description An issue exists where the software fails to validate the memory cost parameter within identity file protection blocks. This allows an attacker with write access to local identity stores to...

PT-2026-85195

openssl encrypt pip: openssl-encrypt versions before 1.4.9 contain a path traversal flaw in PluginSandbox. is safe path, which authorized file access using a bare string-prefix match. A sandboxed plugin without the READ FILES permission could read or write another plugin's directory that merely...

PT-2026-82595

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions openssl-encrypt versions prior to 1.4.9 Description The software fails to sanitize filenames read from untrusted drive data located outside the AES-GCM authenticated manifest before displaying them in the output of the verify-usb command. An...

PT-2026-82605

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions openssl encrypt versions prior to 1.4.9 Description The D-Bus CryptoService.EncryptFile handler uses unstretched SHA-256 instead of Argon2id for key derivation. This allows attackers to perform offline password guessing against encrypted files...

PT-2026-82589

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...

PT-2026-82603

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions openssl encrypt versions prior to 1.4.9 Description The software fails to re-derive and validate fingerprints when loading identities from the identity.json file. This allows attackers to substitute legitimate public keys in identity stores wi...