Cryovault 2026 Quals
Cryovault 2026 is the flagship annual Capture The Flag competition organized by the Information Security and Forensics Center for Research (ISFCR) at PES University, Bengaluru.
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This year's edition is split into two rounds: Online Qualifier. A 24-hour jeopardy-style CTF open to teams around the world. Offline Finals. The top qualifying teams are invited to compete on-site at PES University, Bengaluru.
Challenges cover Web Exploitation, Binary Exploitation (pwn), Reverse Engineering, Cryptography, Forensics, OSINT, and Misc. The problem set ranges from beginner-friendly warmups to advanced challenges crafted by the CTF team @ ISFCR PESU.
Web 5
| Challenge | Has |
|---|---|
| attestation | files |
| greyline_junction | files |
| moraine | files |
| near_miss | files |
| sastrugi | files |
Pwn 2
| Challenge | Has |
|---|---|
| rimefold | files |
| thaw_ladder | files |
Reverse 11
| Challenge | Has |
|---|---|
| Kelpie | files |
| Palimpest | files |
| The_Ledger | files |
| The_Loom | files |
| The_Recurrence | files |
| Turning_chart | files |
| bomber | files |
| firn_patch | files |
| ouroboros | files |
| rime_scrub | files |
| the_press | files |
Crypto 14
| Challenge | Has |
|---|---|
| Monodromy | files |
| Parallax | files |
| Prismwake | files |
| brine | files |
| free_lunch | files |
| half_truths | files |
| hidden_weights | files |
| implicit_twins | files |
| leaky_eval | files |
| neve | files |
| one_more | files |
| sparse_change | files |
| thaw_gate | files |
| toxic_waste | files |
Forensics 14
| Challenge | Has |
|---|---|
| Ghost_in_the_Spooler | files |
| Ghosts_in_the_Bulb | files |
| Journal_Necromancy | files |
| Lossless_Not_Harmless | files |
| Phantom_Mesh | files |
| Write_Hole | files |
| end_mark | files |
| frost_ledger | files |
| last_packet | files |
| signed_but_which_original | files |
| the_alphabet_that_wasnt_there | files |
| the_image_that_forgot | files |
| the_last_committed_message | files |
| the_third_key_phase | files |
Misc 3
| Challenge | Has |
|---|---|
| ai | files |
| iot | files |
| blind_ratchet | files |
OSINT 4
| Challenge | Has |
|---|---|
| One_pound_fish | files |
| Skin_Walker | files |
| The_Wrong_Landmark | files |
| short_final | files |
Mobile 7
| Challenge | Has |
|---|---|
| Faraday_Cage | files |
| Field_Console | files |
| FlaGuard | files |
| Mirror_Garden | files |
| Oatmeal | files |
| Zygote_Conspiracy | files |
| firnline | files |