CVE-2026-81693: Jahlives OpenSSL Encrypt

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Jahlives OpenSSL Encrypt: before 1.4.9 (fixed in 1.4.9)

Published 2026-08-27. Last modified 2026-09-02.