2026from the authors’ own sites
D3CTF 2026
3 challenges with 3 published solutions between them. CTFtime has no listing for this event at all, so nothing built on CTFtime can show what it was made of. These writeups were found on the authors’ own sites instead.
Where these writeups liveCryptography1
Recover a plaintext or a key from something that was supposed to protect it. In practice: identify the scheme, find the parameter the author got wrong, exploit it.
Solve it with:Cipher identifier and automatic decoderVigenere cipher solver with automatic key recoveryRSA decryption and attack runnerWiener’s attack on small RSA private exponentsIn-browser hash cracker with rule transformsLearn: Classical ciphers and frequency analysisLearn: RSA and the parameters that break it
D3HFERP Direct MQ Breaks a Multivariate Scheme
1 official solution
Binary exploitation1
Turn a memory-safety bug in a native binary into control of execution. Usually a stack overflow, a format string, or a heap primitive.
Solve it with:ROP gadget finderShellcode assembler and libraryCyclic pattern generator and offset finderFormat string exploit builderLearn: Binary exploitation
d3kbus & d3kbus revenge Kernel Page Cache Write via CRC32C Forgery
1 official solution
Web1
Reach data or functionality the application meant to keep from you - through its inputs, its tokens, or its trust in the client.
Solve it with:JWT decoder and signature verifierJWT alg=none bypass generatorWeb attack payload catalogJWT secret brute forceLearn: Web attacks and session tokens
Scope Drift + Ghost Zero
1 official solution