Security Advisory

CVE-2026-81687

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2026-08-27 14:50:51
Last updated 2026-08-27 14:50:51
Assigner VulnCheck
CVSS score 8.7
State PUBLISHED

Description

openssl_encrypt versions before 1.4.9 fail to enforce a time ceiling on key derivation function iteration counts specified in file metadata. Attackers can craft files with extremely high KDF iteration counts to consume CPU resources for unbounded periods before password verification occurs.