HIGH 8.7 NVD
CVE-2026-81721
openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 fails to validate KDF cost parameters in encrypted file metadata and keystore headers, allowing attackers to trigger unbounded memo
openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 fails to validate KDF cost parameters in encrypted file metadata and keystore headers, allowing attackers to trigger unbounded memory allocation. Attackers can craft malicious encrypted files declaring arbitrarily large Argon2, scrypt, or balloon KDF parameters to exhaust system memory and crash the process without authentication.
References
- https://github.com/jahlives/openssl_encrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-7894-5gw8-69hr
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openssl-encrypt-before-1.4.9-denial-of-service-via-kd
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.7 was published on 2026-08-27 via NVD.
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