Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data Affecting openssl-encrypt package, versions [,1.4.9)
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- published18 Oct 2026
- disclosed1 Oct 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 1 Oct 2026
NewCVE-2026-81688 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade openssl-encrypt to version 1.4.9 or higher.
Overview
openssl-encrypt is an A package for secure file encryption and decryption based on modern ciphers using heavy-compute-load chaining of hashing and KDF to generate strong encryption password based on users provided password to ensure secure encryption of files
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data due to the storage of an unkeyed SHA-256 hash of the plaintext in the cleartext file header metadata. An attacker can confirm guessed plaintexts offline or fingerprint identical plaintexts across separately-encrypted files by reading the hash without needing the password.