{"cve":"CVE-2026-68767","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-22T15:16:20.770","modified":"2026-10-14T13:10:00.187","status":"Deferred","description":"hashcat's fgetl() function in src/filehandling.c writes a null terminator one byte past the caller's buffer when an input line is exactly the buffer length. Attackers can trigger this out-of-bounds heap write by providing a hash file, potfile, or wordlist containing a line of exactly HCBUFSIZ_LARGE bytes.","cvss_v4":{"vector":"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","score":6.9},"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H","score":6.1},"cwes":["CWE-193"],"references":["https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat","https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/blob/v7.1.2/src/filehandling.c#L1032-L1060","https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/commit/93b55d37d3b2340013d4036f10181ddc67d44249","https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/issues/4739","https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hashcat-through-off-by-one-out-of-bounds-heap-write-in-fgetl"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:49:38.260478770+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-68767","score":0.00172,"percentile":0.0655,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}