CVE-2026-81696 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2026-81696
Vulnerability Scoring

3.3
/10
Moderate Risk

Exploiting CVE-2026-81696 requires specific conditions, leading to a moderate security impact.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: Low
    Exploits can be performed without significant complexity or special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Local
    Vulnerability requires local system access.
  • Privileges Required: None
    No privileges are required for exploitation.
  • Scope: Unchanged
    Exploit remains within the originally vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: Required
    User interaction is necessary for successful exploitation.

CVE-2026-81696 Details

Status: Analyzed

Last updated: 🕗 01 Sep 2026, 20:21 UTC
Originally published on: 🕔 27 Aug 2026, 17:20 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 5 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

disclosure@vulncheck.com

CVSS3 Type

Secondary

CVSS3 Vector

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

CVE-2026-81696 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-81696: openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.9 fail to sanitize terminal control characters in file metadata printed by the info command. Attackers can craft malicious files containing escape sequences to repaint terminal output and forge verification information displayed to users.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2026-81696

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2026-81696 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2026-81696

With low attack complexity and no required privileges, CVE-2026-81696 is an easy target for cybercriminals. Organizations should prioritize immediate mitigation measures to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2026-81696, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2026-81696, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: None
    CVE-2026-81696 has no significant impact on data confidentiality.
  • Integrity: Low
    Exploiting CVE-2026-81696 may cause minor changes to data without severely impacting its accuracy.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2026-81696 does not impact system availability.

CVE-2026-81696 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-117

CAPEC Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification

  • Audit Log Manipulation CAPEC-268 The attacker injects, manipulates, deletes, or forges malicious log entries into the log file, in an attempt to mislead an audit of the log file or cover tracks of an attack. Due to either insufficient access controls of the log files or the logging mechanism, the attacker is able to perform such actions.
  • Web Server Logs Tampering CAPEC-81 Web Logs Tampering attacks involve an attacker injecting, deleting or otherwise tampering with the contents of web logs typically for the purposes of masking other malicious behavior. Additionally, writing malicious data to log files may target jobs, filters, reports, and other agents that process the logs in an asynchronous attack pattern. This pattern of attack is similar to "Log Injection-Tampering-Forging" except that in this case, the attack is targeting the logs of the web server and not the application.
  • Log Injection-Tampering-Forging CAPEC-93 This attack targets the log files of the target host. The attacker injects, manipulates or forges malicious log entries in the log file, allowing them to mislead a log audit, cover traces of attack, or perform other malicious actions. The target host is not properly controlling log access. As a result tainted data is resulting in the log files leading to a failure in accountability, non-repudiation and incident forensics capability.

Vulnerable Configurations

  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.2.3:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.2.3:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.2.4:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.2.4:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.2.5:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.2.5:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.2.6:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.2.6:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.4.3:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.4.3:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.4.4:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.4.4:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.6.0:rc1:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.6.0:rc1:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.7.0:rc2:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.7.0:rc2:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.0:-:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.0:-:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.0:beta3:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.0:beta3:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.0:beta4:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.0:beta4:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.0:beta5:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.0:beta5:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.0:beta6:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.0:beta6:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.0:beta7:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.0:beta7:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.0:beta8:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.0:beta8:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.1:-:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.1:-:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.1:rc1:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.1:rc1:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.1:rc2:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.1:rc2:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:jahlives:openssl_encrypt:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:python:*:*

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