diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index 54d8f908d9..21279228f5 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ d9b37177efcaba035c7fabe7d015a3b63d9cfe502bb4998ff71e47f825eeaaca  lib/core/patch
 48797d6c34dd9bb8a53f7f3794c85f4288d82a9a1d6be7fcf317d388cb20d4b3  lib/core/replication.py
 0b8c38a01bb01f843d94a6c5f2075ee47520d0c4aa799cecea9c3e2c5a4a23a6  lib/core/revision.py
 888daba83fd4a34e9503fe21f01fef4cc730e5cde871b1d40e15d4cbc847d56c  lib/core/session.py
-599ea3d2cfd4475d2602e4a8f3741681b753889eb39eede192252cb0b430958d  lib/core/settings.py
+7885689f1f340dd1d14a7fefe30f39da6cbb83e7e2d34d8995339556849d6246  lib/core/settings.py
 cd5a66deee8963ba8e7e9af3dd36eb5e8127d4d68698811c29e789655f507f82  lib/core/shell.py
 bcb5d8090d5e3e0ef2a586ba09ba80eef0c6d51feb0f611ed25299fbb254f725  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 70ea3768f1b3062b22d20644df41c86238157ec80dd43da40545c620714273c6  lib/core/target.py
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ a94958be0ec3e9d28d8171813a6a90655a9ad7e6aa33c661e8d8ebbfcf208dbb  lib/utils/deps
 51cfab194cd5b6b24d62706fb79db86c852b9e593f4c55c15b35f175e70c9d75  lib/utils/getch.py
 853c3595e1d2efc54b8bfb6ab12c55d1efc1603be266978e3a7d96d553d91a52  lib/utils/gui.py
 366e6fd5356fae7e3f2467c070d064b6695be80b50f1530ea3c01e86569b58b2  lib/utils/har.py
-a1a1ccd5ec29a6a884cfa8264d4e0f7e0b6a0760c692eb402805f926da41e6ee  lib/utils/hashdb.py
+e890d2ee4787589b2464d9c561d10a6896546781c349b48bfe4d42dd3954468b  lib/utils/hashdb.py
 84bf572a9e7915e91dbffea996e1a7b749392725f1ad7f412d0ff48c636a2896  lib/utils/hash.py
 1966ca704961fb987ab757f0a4afddbf841d1a880631b701487c75cef63d60c3  lib/utils/__init__.py
 22ba65391b0a73b1925e5becf8ddab6ba73a196d86e351a2263509aad6676bd7  lib/utils/pivotdumptable.py
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index ede7db213f..6c5680e81b 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.10.2.17"
+VERSION = "1.10.2.18"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
diff --git a/lib/utils/hashdb.py b/lib/utils/hashdb.py
index e7a88fc22c..f1e693eb13 100644
--- a/lib/utils/hashdb.py
+++ b/lib/utils/hashdb.py
@@ -144,9 +144,13 @@ def write(self, key, value, serialize=False):
         if key:
             hash_ = HashDB.hashKey(key)
             with self._cache_lock:
-                self._write_cache[hash_] = self._read_cache[hash_] = getUnicode(value) if not serialize else serializeObject(value)
-                cache_size = len(self._write_cache)
-                time_since_flush = time.time() - self._last_flush_time
+                try:
+                    self._write_cache[hash_] = self._read_cache[hash_] = getUnicode(value) if not serialize else serializeObject(value)
+                except RecursionError:
+                    pass
+                finally:
+                    cache_size = len(self._write_cache)
+                    time_since_flush = time.time() - self._last_flush_time
 
             if cache_size >= HASHDB_FLUSH_THRESHOLD_ITEMS or time_since_flush >= HASHDB_FLUSH_THRESHOLD_TIME:
                 self.flush()