{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-68766 exists.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-68766 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in hashcat, published on 22 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-68766 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-68766 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in hashcat, published on 22 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-68766 exists.\n\nAffected product: hashcat. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-68766/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-68766/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-68766","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-68766/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-68766","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68766","GHSA-5qq7-x27p-hfq4","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68766"],"analysis":{"component_type":"developer_tool","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","data_modify"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Password recovery tool","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can inject options into hashcat restore files to write arbitrary content to system files, potentially achieving code execution.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"VulnCheck","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":8.5,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-88","name":"Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command"}],"description":"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"hashcat through 7.1.2 Arbitrary File Write via Restore File Option Injection","id":"CVE-2026-68766","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"hashcat through 7.1.2 Off-by-One Out-of-Bounds Heap Write in fgetl()","id":"CVE-2026-68767"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"hashcat KeePass KDBX v4 Module Heap Buffer Overflow via Token Field","id":"CVE-2026-68765"},"products":["hashcat"],"published":"2026-08-22","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-24","vendors":["hashcat"]},"summary":"Attackers can inject options into hashcat restore files to write arbitrary content to system files, potentially achieving code execution.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-68766/"}