What is GHSA-pr7j-w8v9-qr7r?

GHSA-pr7j-w8v9-qr7r is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.9 store an unkeyed SHA-256 hash of the plaintext in the...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-pr7j-w8v9-qr7r cover?

GHSA-pr7j-w8v9-qr7r covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-81688. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-pr7j-w8v9-qr7r?

GHSA-pr7j-w8v9-qr7r has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-pr7j-w8v9-qr7rHighCVSS 7.5

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.9 store an unkeyed SHA-256 hash of the plaintext in the...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 27, 2026

Last Modified

August 27, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-81688 →

📋 Description

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.9 store an unkeyed SHA-256 hash of the plaintext in the cleartext file header metadata. Attackers can read this hash without the password to confirm guessed plaintexts offline or fingerprint identical plaintexts across separately-encrypted files.

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/jahlives/openssl_encrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-7c3q-gp4v-q29q
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81688
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openssl-encrypt-before-1.4.9-plaintext-confirmation-oracle-via-sha-256
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pr7j-w8v9-qr7r