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CVE-2026-68766 Details

UNDERGOING ENRICHMENT

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Description

hashcat fails to restrict command-line options when parsing restore files, allowing attackers to inject output-redirecting options like --outfile and --potfile-path. Attackers can craft restore files with malicious options to append attacker-controlled content to arbitrary files, enabling code execution when targeting shell startup files.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NDDVolerionCVSS-B:…Vector:This vulnerability is currently being analyzed.
CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/issues/4738 CISA-ADP
https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat [email protected]
https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/blob/v7.1.2/src/restore.c#L365-L369 [email protected]
https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/commit/fcae69f2438ff8eae0dc8e206b78067a1e465ed4 [email protected]
https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/issues/4738 [email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-88Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')[email protected]

Affected Products

This vulnerability is currently being analyzed

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-68766
NVD Published Date:
Aug 22, 2026
NVD Last Modified:
Sep 24, 2026
Source:
[email protected]