CVE-2026-81698

highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.004 · 37 %ileUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.43% (37th) EPSS

CVSS 8.8 · high

Is it mine?

2 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.3

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · disclosure@vulncheck.comexploitability 1.6 · impact 5.9

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v4.09.3criticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · disclosure@vulncheck.com

v4.08.1highCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-78US

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

jahlives openssl encrypt< 1.4.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
PyPI openssl-encrypt< 1.4.9osvUSpkg:pypi/openssl-encrypt

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

PYSEC-2026-37762026-08-27vendor · osvUS
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.

also known as (1)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

GHSA-gw2m-mj6q-59hc osv

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-08-27modified 2026-09-01

references (2) nvd

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://github.com/jahlives/openssl_encrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-gw2m-mj6q-59hcVendor Advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openssl-encrypt-before-1.4.9-shell-injection-via-info-commandThird Party Advisory

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