{"id":"CVE-2026-81705","aliases":["PYSEC-2026-3780","GHSA-jgvm-7jxv-cgcc"],"title":"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-o…","summary":"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…","severity":"none","vendor":"openssl-encrypt","product":"openssl-encrypt","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["openssl-encrypt < 1.4.9"],"patched":["openssl-encrypt 1.4.9"],"published":"2026-08-27","updated":"2026-09-02","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2026-3780","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/jahlives/openssl_encrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-jgvm-7jxv-cgcc"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openssl-encrypt-before-1.4.9-password-cleartext-leak-via-debug"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"epss":0.00317,"epssPercentile":0.24853,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-02T19:31:26.238Z","slug":"CVE-2026-81705","body":"## Overview\n\nopenssl-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.\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `openssl-encrypt < 1.4.9`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `openssl-encrypt 1.4.9`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}