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verify-usb before 1.4.9 Output Injection via Unsanitized Filenames

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

openssl-encrypt (pip package, versions <= 1.4.8) fails to sanitize filenames read from untrusted drive data (outside the AES-GCM authenticated manifest) before printing them in the verify-usb command's output. An attacker can plant filenames containing terminal cursor-movement and erase-line control bytes that repaint a forged PASSED verdict on screen, masking actual tamper detection. Fixed in 1.4.9 by routing drive-derived names through sanitize_for_display().

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CVE-2026-81694

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-81694

openssl_encrypt

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "vendor": "jahlives",
    "product": "openssl_encrypt",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "1.4.9",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "1.4.9",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "packageURL": "pkg:pypi/openssl-encrypt",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-81694

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Publisher severity

critical

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#5547 · Revision 1
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