{"apiVersion":"1.0","identifier":"CVE-2026-81717","description":"openssl_encrypt (pip package openssl-encrypt) before 1.4.9 contains two weaknesses in the portable USB drive feature, whose threat model treats the removable drive as untrusted (attacker with physical write access). USBDriveCreator._verify_integrity_file only validates files listed in the manifest, so files added to the drive — including a root-level autorun payload — are not detected and integrity verification still passes. Additionally, a globally constant, source-embedded KDF salt (_LEGACY_FIXED_SALT) is used to derive the drive encryption key for any drive lacking a per-drive salt file, defeating precomputation resistance and enabling an offline rainbow-table attack.","publishedAt":"2026-08-27T17:21:02","lastModifiedAt":"2026-08-27T20:18:54","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81717","cvssScore":3.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","epssProbability":0.00091,"riskScore":0.35,"affectedProduct":"openssl-encrypt","affectedVersions":"<1.4.9","vulnerabilityType":"Library","operatingSystems":[],"links":{"self":"https://www.redsauce.net/api/cves/CVE-2026-81717","webPages":{"es":"https://www.redsauce.net/es/cves/CVE-2026-81717","en":"https://www.redsauce.net/en/cves/CVE-2026-81717","fr":"https://www.redsauce.net/fr/cves/CVE-2026-81717","pt":"https://www.redsauce.net/pt/cves/CVE-2026-81717","de":"https://www.redsauce.net/de/cves/CVE-2026-81717","sk":"https://www.redsauce.net/sk/cves/CVE-2026-81717","el":"https://www.redsauce.net/el/cves/CVE-2026-81717"},"source":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81717"}}