Arbitrary Argument Injection Affecting hashcat package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-HASHCAT-19232201
  • published23 Aug 2026
  • disclosed22 Aug 2026

Introduced: 22 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-68766  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-88  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:11 hashcat.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream hashcat package and not the hashcat package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1