CVE-2026-68766

Impact

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.

Affected packages

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Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat
• https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/blob/v7.1.2/src/restore.c#L365-L369
• https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/commit/fcae69f2438ff8eae0dc8e206b78067a1e465ed4
• https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/issues/4738
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hashcat-through-arbitrary-file-write-via-restore-file-option-injection