CVE-2026-81707 — openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 ANSI Escape Injection via Identity Email
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 veri…
Published: 2026-08-27 · CVSS: 9.3 · CVSS 4.0
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7