jahlives openssl_encrypt up to 1.4.8 Info Command CLI Block pepper_name os command injection

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A vulnerability has been found in jahlives openssl_encrypt up to 1.4.8 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Info Command CLI Block. Performing a manipulation of the argument pepper_name results in os command injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-81698. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in jahlives openssl_encrypt up to 1.4.8. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Info Command CLI Block. The manipulation of the argument pepper_name with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-81698 since 08/27/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 1.4.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Network Encryption Software

Vendor

• jahlives

Name

• openssl_encrypt

Version

• 1.4.0
• 1.4.1
• 1.4.2
• 1.4.3
• 1.4.4
• 1.4.5
• 1.4.6
• 1.4.7
• 1.4.8

Website

• Product: https://github.com/jahlives/openssl_encrypt/

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