CVE-2026-68766

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68766
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-68766.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-68766
Downstream
Published
2026-08-22T14:12:42.748Z
Modified
2026-08-25T04:03:34.509258971Z
Severity
  • 8.5 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
hashcat through 7.1.2 Arbitrary File Write via Restore File Option Injection
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-88"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/68xxx/CVE-2026-68766.json",
    "cna_assigner": "VulnCheck"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/hashcat/hashcat

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
fcae69f2438ff8eae0dc8e206b78067a1e465ed4
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.1.2"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "AFFECTED_FIELD",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

v2.*
v2.00
v2.01
v3.*
v3.00
v3.00-beta
v3.10
v3.20
v3.30
v3.40
v3.5.0
v3.6.0
v4.*
v4.0.0
v4.0.1
v4.1.0
v4.2.0
v4.2.1
v5.*
v5.0.0
v5.1.0
v6.*
v6.0.0
v6.1.0
v6.1.1
v6.2.0
v6.2.1
v6.2.2
v6.2.3
v6.2.4
v6.2.5
v6.2.6
v7.*
v7.0.0
v7.1.0
v7.1.1
v7.1.2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-68766.json"