CVE•Published 2026-08-27•Modified 2026-09-03•0 articles on news•5 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-81689Jahlives · Openssl_encrypt

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 90% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-916Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort

Description

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.9 derive the remote-pepper wrap key using unsalted HKDF-SHA256 or bare SHA-256 of the password, allowing identical keys across all users and files. Attackers with access to wrapped pepper blobs can precompute a single dictionary table and perform fleet-wide offline password guessing at hardware speed to recover user passwords.

Timeline

Published 2026-08-27

Modified 2026-09-03

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2026-81689

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Jahlives Openssl Encrypt"

All exposed Jahlives Openssl Encrypt instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Openssl Encrypt"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Openssl Encrypt" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-81689