CVE-2026-81698
HIGH
NVD
CVSS Score
7.5
Severity
HIGH
Published
Aug 27, 2026
Vendor
unknown
Description
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.