Vulnerability in Hashcat
CVE-2026-68767
hashcat's fgetl() function in src/filehandling.c writes a null terminator one byte past the caller's buffer when an input line is exactly the buffer length. Attackers can trigger this out-of-bounds heap write by providing a hash file, potfile, or wordlist containing a line of exactly HCBUFSIZ_LARGE bytes.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- disclosure@vulncheck.com (issue-tracking)
- disclosure@vulncheck.com (product)
- disclosure@vulncheck.com (patch)
- disclosure@vulncheck.com (technical-description)
- disclosure@vulncheck.com (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-68767?
- CVE-2026-68767 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hashcat, classified under Off-by-one Error. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-08-22.
- How severe is CVE-2026-68767?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.