Break The Syntax CTF 2026
6 challenges with 7 published community solutions between them. Solution links go to CTFtime’s task page, which aggregates every writeup for a challenge - individual blog posts rot, the aggregator does not.
Full task list on CTFtimeBinary exploitation3
Turn a memory-safety bug in a native binary into control of execution. Usually a stack overflow, a format string, or a heap primitive.
- pwn
Same technique in picoCTF: Binary Gauntlet 2, ropfu, solfire
- pwn
Same technique in picoCTF: Guessing Game 1, x-sixty-what, format string 3
- pwn
- pwnable
Same technique in picoCTF: Binary Gauntlet 2, ropfu, solfire
Misc2
Everything that fits no other box: esolangs, puzzles, scripting exercises, and the jail escapes that have not yet earned their own category.
Same technique in picoCTF: Permissions, Specialer, Codebook
Pokecollector
1 writeupSame technique in picoCTF: Permissions, Specialer, Codebook
Reverse engineering1
Work out what a compiled program does without its source, then work backwards from the check to the input that passes it.
- reversing
Same technique in picoCTF: WinAntiDbg0x100, WinAntiDbg0x200, WinAntiDbg0x300