DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68766

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-68766
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68766.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68766
Upstream
Published
2026-08-22T15:16:20Z
Modified
2026-09-14T17:03:51Z
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / hashcat

Package

Name
hashcat
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/hashcat?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*
6.2.6+ds1-1
6.2.6+ds2-1
7.*
7.1.2+ds1-1
7.1.2+ds1-2
7.1.2+ds1-3
7.1.2+ds1-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

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

Debian:13 / hashcat

Package

Name
hashcat
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/hashcat?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*
6.2.6+ds2-1
7.*
7.1.2+ds1-1
7.1.2+ds1-2
7.1.2+ds1-3
7.1.2+ds1-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

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

Debian:14 / hashcat

Package

Name
hashcat
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/hashcat?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*
6.2.6+ds2-1
7.*
7.1.2+ds1-1
7.1.2+ds1-2
7.1.2+ds1-3
7.1.2+ds1-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

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