CVE-2026-81680Medium· 4.0▾ Sunlitopenssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.9 fail to authenticate recovery-slot presence in envelope-format encrypted files, allowing attackers to remove recovery slots without re-encrypting the payload. Attackers can modify the file header to …
▾ Sunlit zone — Low / medium · no exploitation signal
impact 22 · likelihood 0 · exploitation 0
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Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Sep 12.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via CVEORG
0.1%
0.1% → 0.2%
Last analysed / modified upstream
5.3 → 4
openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.9 fail to authenticate recovery-slot presence in envelope-format encrypted files, allowing attackers to remove recovery slots without re-encrypting the payload. Attackers can modify the file header to delete recovery-slot fields and bypass authentication, silently removing recovery paths the owner deliberately added.
openssl_encrypt < 1.4.9Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.
Affected packages:
openssl-encrypt < 1.4.9Patched in:
openssl-encrypt 1.4.9Field changes observed since this record was first indexed.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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