CVE-2026-81681Medium· 4.6▾ Sunlitopenssl_encrypt (pip package openssl-encrypt) versions <= 1.4.8 advertise a portable USB workspace as an 'Encrypted USB Workspace' with AES-256-GCM encryption and write a marker declaring the workspace encrypted, but the workspace direct…
▾ Sunlit zone — Low / medium · no exploitation signal
impact 25.3 · likelihood 0 · exploitation 0
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0.1%
0.1% → 0.2%
Last analysed / modified upstream
— → 4.6
none → medium
openssl_encrypt (pip package openssl-encrypt) versions <= 1.4.8 advertise a portable USB workspace as an 'Encrypted USB Workspace' with AES-256-GCM encryption and write a marker declaring the workspace encrypted, but the workspace directory is actually stored in cleartext and the derived encryption key is never applied to it. A user who trusts the branding and places files in the workspace leaves them unencrypted on the removable media, so an attacker with physical access to the media can read the sensitive files. Fixed in 1.4.9, which seals the workspace into an authenticated AES-256-GCM vault.
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.
CVE-2026-81688High· 7.5openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 Plaintext Confirmation Oracle via SHA-256
CVE-2026-74870Low· 3.3openssl_encrypt before 1.4.8 Hardware Pepper Information Disclosure
CVE-2026-81680Medium· 4.0openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 Authentication Bypass via Recovery Slot Removal
CVE-2026-81689High· 7.5openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 Weak Pepper Key Derivation
CVE-2026-81694Low· 3.3verify-usb before 1.4.9 Output Injection via Unsanitized Filenames
CVE-2026-81702Critical· 9.8openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 Key Substitution via Identity Load