CVE-2026-68766 (GCVE-0-2026-68766)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-22 14:12
Modified
2026-08-24 18:26
Severity ?
8.5 (High) - 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
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-88 - Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
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hashcat hashcat Version: 0   ≤ 7.1.2
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