CVE-2026-68766CWE-88

CVE-2026-68766

High · published August 22, 2026

CVSS v3.1

7.8

EPSS

Percentile

13.6

In the wild

Unconfirmed

What it is

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.

The record

Technical detail

CVSS v3.1: 7.8 · HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0: 8.5 · 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
EPSS: 0.00235 · 13.6th percentile
Weakness: CWE-88 · Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')
Published: 2026-08-22T19:16Z

References (6)

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]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hashcat-through-arbitrary-file-write-via-restore-file-option-injection · [email protected]https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/issues/4738 · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

EPSS history

Timeline

22 AUG 14:12Z
hashcat through 7.1.2 Arbitrary File Write via Restore File Option Injection
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