CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-68768
6.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-08-22
- Last modified
- 2026-10-14
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-120
Description
hashcat contains a heap-based buffer overflow (out-of-bounds write) in the outfile_write() function in src/outfile.c. When assembling output into a fixed-size buffer (HCBUFSIZ_LARGE, ~16 MB), the function sequentially appends the username, separator, hash, and plaintext via memcpy without validating that the accumulated length stays within the buffer capacity. When run with --username --show against a crafted hash file containing an oversized username that nearly fills the buffer, the total assembled output exceeds the buffer, causing a heap buffer overflow that can corrupt memory and crash the process.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input weakness
References
- https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat github.com
- https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/blob/v7.1.2/src/outfile.c#L654-L668 github.com
- https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/commit/68f56a2d8712867a8520bf4dcf07f6145c23df89 github.com
- https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/issues/4740 github.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hashcat-through-heap-buffer-overflow-in-outfile-write-via-oversized-username www.vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/issues/4740 github.com