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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.7 High

CVE-2026-81693

openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 Denial of Service via QR total field

Description

openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 fails to validate the total field from QR JSON payloads before materializing ranges. Attackers can supply crafted QR images with extremely large total values to trigger unbounded memory allocation and cause denial of service through out-of-memory conditions.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

jahlives openssl_encrypt

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 1.4.9affected
  • 1.4.9unaffected
pkg:pypi/openssl-encrypt

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