CVE-2026-81698EPSS p34.7%

CVE-2026-81698CVE-2026-81698

jahlives / openssl_encrypt

Description

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.

Scoring

CVSS 7.5 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS0.43% probability of exploitation · percentile 34.7% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z
Last modified2026-09-01
Sourced from NVD + FIRST.org EPSS. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.