In openssl_encrypt (pip package openssl-encrypt) versions <= 1.4.8, the desktop GUI passes the steganography password to the CLI child process on the command line via the –stego-password argument (on both encrypt and decrypt paths) instead of via an environment variable as done for the main password. Any local user can read the steganography password from /proc//cmdline for the lifetime of the subprocess. Fixed in 1.4.9.
MEDIUM
Vulnerability intelligence
CVE-2026-81684
CVSS 4.06.9
SeverityMedium
Known exploitedNo
NVD references:
Primary source: NIST National Vulnerability Database