Security Advisory

CVE-2026-68768

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2026-08-22 14:12:44
Last updated 2026-08-22 14:12:44
Assigner VulnCheck
CVSS score 6.9
State PUBLISHED

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.