CVEPublished 2026-08-27Modified 2026-09-020 articles on news4 live referencesNVD data

CVE-2026-81693Jahlives · 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:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS percentile
27
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 73% of all CVEs
Description

openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 fails to validate the total field from QR JSON payloads before materializing ranges. Attackers can supply crafted QR images with extremely large total values to trigger unbounded memory allocation and cause denial of service through out-of-memory conditions.

Timeline
Published 2026-08-27
Modified 2026-09-02

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