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Medium · 6.1 CVE-2026-68765 EUVD-2026-60455GHSA-jfqq-rfm8-8frm

hashcat KeePass KDBX v4 Module Heap Buffer Overflow via Token Field

Published Aug 17, 2026 · Updated Nov 8, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

hashcat master branch builds after v7.1.2 contain a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the KeePass AESKDF/KDBX v4 module (module 34301) that allows attackers to corrupt adjacent heap memory by supplying an oversized ninth hash field token. The module accepts up to 600 hex characters for the ninth token field but decodes it into a fixed 256-byte buffer with no length check, allowing a maximal input to write up to 44 bytes past the buffer boundary into adjacent esalt fields and heap chunk metadata, potentially enabling heap corruption or memory access violations.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
hashcat hashcat — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 hashcat No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS hashcat No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS hashcat No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS hashcat No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS hashcat No fix yet —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS hashcat No fix yet —

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