openssl-encrypt before 1.4.9 fails to redact the file password in its --debug argv dump when the password is supplied via bundled short-option spellings (e.g. -apHunter2) or abbreviated long-option spellings (e.g. --passw). The sanitizer only recognized exact option names, --option=value forms, and tokens starting with -p, so these spellings bypass the redaction chokepoint and the cleartext password is written to stderr. Anyone with access to that output (terminal scrollback, merged 2>&1 output, CI job logs, or the GUI's persistent debug log) can recover the password.
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Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:* |
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| Description | openssl-encrypt before 1.4.9 fails to redact the file password in its --debug argv dump when the password is supplied via bundled short-option spellings (e.g. -apHunter2) or abbreviated long-option spellings (e.g. --passw). The sanitizer only recognized exact option names, --option=value forms, and tokens starting with -p, so these spellings bypass the redaction chokepoint and the cleartext password is written to stderr. Anyone with access to that output (terminal scrollback, merged 2>&1 output, CI job logs, or the GUI's persistent debug log) can recover the password. | |
| Title | openssl-encrypt before 1.4.9 Password Cleartext Leak via Debug | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-532 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published: 2026-08-27T14:51:07.685Z
Updated: 2026-08-27T19:27:42.124Z
Reserved: 2026-08-27T11:12:29.817Z
Link: CVE-2026-81705
Updated: 2026-08-27T19:27:39.025Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2026-08-27T17:21:01.147
Modified: 2026-09-01T17:59:54.667
Link: CVE-2026-81705
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