CVE-2026-81682

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.9 contain an insecure file permissions vulnerability in the desktop GUI that writes decrypted plaintext with world-readable default permissions. Attackers can read decrypted output files created by the GUI as unprivileged local users on multi-user systems.

Scoring

Severity
HIGH
CVSS base score
8.6
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS probability
0.12%
CWE
CWE-276
Published
2026-08-27
Last modified
2026-08-31

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