CVE-2026-81684Medium· 6.2▾ SunlitIn openssl_encrypt (pip package openssl-encrypt) versions <= 1.4.8, the desktop GUI passes the steganography password to the CLI child process on the command line via the --stego-password argument (on both encrypt and decrypt paths) inst…
▾ Sunlit zone — Low / medium · no exploitation signal
impact 34.1 · likelihood 0 · exploitation 0
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In openssl_encrypt (pip package openssl-encrypt) versions <= 1.4.8, the desktop GUI passes the steganography password to the CLI child process on the command line via the --stego-password argument (on both encrypt and decrypt paths) instead of via an environment variable as done for the main password. Any local user can read the steganography password from /proc/<pid>/cmdline for the lifetime of the subprocess. Fixed in 1.4.9.
openssl_encrypt < 1.4.9Upgrade past the affected range:
openssl_encrypt 1.4.9Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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