GHSA-7894-5GW8-69HR: Pre-auth memory-exhaustion DoS via unbounded KDF cost parameters in encrypted-file metadata and keystore headers · Advisory · jahlives/openssl_encrypt · GitHub

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Article IDGHSA-7894-5GW8-69HR

Verified snapshot27 Sept 2026, 08:30 UTC

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CVE-2026-81721openssl_encrypt before 1.4.9 Denial of Service via KDF

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Original title: Pre-auth memory-exhaustion DoS via unbounded KDF cost parameters in encrypted-file metadata and keystore headers · Advisory · jahlives/openssl_encrypt · GitHub. Captured 27 Sept 2026, 08:30 UTC. The stored article is used for enrichment and change detection; BlackTree does not republish the publisher's full text here.

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