CVE-2026-81707

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS v3

Description

openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 fails to sanitize the email field of imported identity documents, allowing attackers to inject ANSI escape sequences that forge the fingerprint verification line displayed to users. Attackers can deliver a crafted identity bundle through normal contact-exchange flows or keyserver responses to manipulate terminal output and display a fraudulent fingerprint, bypassing the out-of-band verification mechanism that protects against key substitution attacks.

CWE-20Improper Input Validation

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.41%probability of exploitation in 30 days

34thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 34% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2024-3400	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-45105	Medium	5.9	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44228	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-21985	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2020-3452	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2018-7600	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2026-81707?

No published fix for CVE-2026-81707 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

Is CVE-2026-81707 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2026-81707 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.41% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 34% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2026-81707?

CVE-2026-81707 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-08-27.