PT-2026-79567
CVE-2026-68767
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Published
2026-08-22
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Updated
2026-10-19
Description by
CVSS 4.0
6.9
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
hashcat (affected versions not specified)
Description
The
fgetl() function in src/filehandling.c contains an out-of-bounds heap write. This occurs when the function writes a null terminator one byte beyond the caller's buffer if an input line is exactly the buffer length. An attacker can trigger this issue by providing a wordlist, potfile, or hash file containing a line of exactly HCBUFSIZ LARGE bytes.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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