# CVE-2026-68767: hashcat through 7.1.2 Off-by-One Out-of-Bounds Heap Write in fgetl()

- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-08-22 · Updated: 2026-08-26

## Affected

- hashcat: through 7.1.2

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on hashcat, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/issues/4739
- https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat
- https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/commit/93b55d37d3b2340013d4036f10181ddc67d44249
- https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/blob/v7.1.2/src/filehandling.c#L1032-L1060
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hashcat-through-off-by-one-out-of-bounds-heap-write-in-fgetl

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