CVE-2022-35928 — AES Crypt is a file encryption software for multiple platforms

AES Crypt is a file encryption software for multiple platforms. AES Crypt for Linux built using the source on GitHub and having the version number 3.11 has a vulnerability with respect to reading user-provided passwords and confirmations via command-line prompts. Passwords length

01What is this vulnerability?

AES Crypt is a file encryption software for multiple platforms. AES Crypt for Linux built using the source on GitHub and having the version number 3.11 has a vulnerability with respect to reading user-provided passwords and confirmations via command-line prompts. Passwords lengths were not checked before being read. This vulnerability may lead to buffer overruns. This does _not_ affect source…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
paulej	AESCrypt	= 3.11

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-08-03T19:25:12.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-23T17:54:06.598Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-r7fv-72pg-fwrq
• github.com — https://github.com/paulej/AESCrypt/commit/68761851b595e96c68c3f46bfc21167e72c6a2…