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CVE-2026-68767: hashcat 0 through 7.1.2

CVE-2026-68767. CVSS 3.1 base score 6.1 (MEDIUM, Vendor/CNA). EPSS 0.00172 (percentile 0.06106), scored 13-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

hashcat · 0 through 7.1.2
hashcat

Component: Not specified by the source
Function: in

Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 4.0): Local · No privileges required · Passive user interaction

What an attacker can do

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. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 4.0 assessment (base score 6.9/10) rates confidentiality impact as none; integrity impact as low; availability impact as high.

Published 14-Oct-2026 15:58 UTC

CWE: CWE-193
CCR priority: 24.4 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 6.1 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H · Vendor/CNA
EPSS: 0.00172 · percentile 0.06106 · 2026-10-13
KEV: no

Provenance

NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-14 15:56:36.793806+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-68767.html