CVE-2026-68766

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-22. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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 v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(high)
EG Risk
66(Attend)
EG Risk 66/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 22, 2026

Last Modified

August 24, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Aug 22, 2026
Upstream fix merged — awaiting tagged release. Sources: github_commit.
generic

hashcat through 7.1.2 Arbitrary File Write via Restore File Option Injection | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hashcat-through-arbitrary-file-write-via-restore-file-option-injection
generic

hashcat/src/restore.c at v7.1.2 · hashcat/hashcat · GitHub

https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/blob/v7.1.2/src/restore.c#L365-L369
github_commit

commit fcae69f2438f (hashcat/hashcat)

Fix landed in hashcat/hashcat commit fcae69f2438f — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/commit/fcae69f2438ff8eae0dc8e206b78067a1e465ed4
generic

GitHub - hashcat/hashcat: World's fastest and most advanced password recovery utility · GitHub

https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat
generic

Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure - Argument Injection via Restore File Leading to Arbitrary File Write and RCE · Issue #4738 · hashcat/hashcat · GitHub

https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/issues/4738

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-68766(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 27× in last 7d / 32× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-29 23:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-29 12:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-29 01:00 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-29 01:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-28 10:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-27 23:59 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-27 23:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-27 13:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-27 02:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-26 15:10 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-26 15:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-26 04:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-25 17:19 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-25 17:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-25 06:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-24 19:26 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-24 19:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-24 18:31 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-24 18:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-24 11:05 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-24 11:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-24 00:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-23 13:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-23 02:19 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-23 02:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-22 15:24 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-22 14:26 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-22 14:25 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-68766?
CVE-2026-68766 is a high vulnerability published on August 22, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-68766 disclosed?
CVE-2026-68766 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 22, 2026, with the most recent update on August 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-68766 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-68766 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 94.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-68766?
CVE-2026-68766 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-68766?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-68766, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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