{"id":"CVE-2026-81684","summary":"openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 Information Disclosure via Command Line","details":"In openssl_encrypt (pip package openssl-encrypt) versions \u003c= 1.4.8, the desktop GUI passes the steganography password to the CLI child process on the command line via the --stego-password argument (on both encrypt and decrypt paths) instead of via an environment variable as done for the main password. Any local user can read the steganography password from /proc/\u003cpid\u003e/cmdline for the lifetime of the subprocess. Fixed in 1.4.9.","aliases":["GHSA-rx2c-m92f-qv6p"],"modified":"2026-08-30T03:30:20.080105457Z","published":"2026-08-27T14:50:49.620Z","database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-214"],"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/81xxx/CVE-2026-81684.json","cna_assigner":"VulnCheck"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/81xxx/CVE-2026-81684.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/jahlives/openssl_encrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-rx2c-m92f-qv6p"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81684"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openssl-encrypt-before-1.4.9-information-disclosure-via-command-line"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/jahlives/openssl_encrypt","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"39b0a010cae90520f74b7194f61fedd43af04ef8"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.4.9"}],"source":"AFFECTED_FIELD"}}],"versions":["v1.4.7","v1.4.6","v1.4.5","v1.4.4","v1.4.2","v1.4.1rc2","v1.4.1rc1","v1.4.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-81684.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}]}