Is CVE-2026-81694 being exploited?

No public exploit is currently tracked.

How severe is CVE-2026-81694?

CVE-2026-81694 has a CVSS v3 severity of LOW (3.3).

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CVE-2026-81694

Description

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().