CVE-2026-106442
What it is
Hydra is a framework for elegantly configuring complex applications. From 1.3.4 until 1.3.6 and 1.4.0.dev9, the instantiate() target blacklist introduced for CVE-2026-68508 incompletely checks the effective callable selected by the target field. Execution wrappers such as timeit.timeit, executable deserialization through pickle.loads, aliases, callable-returning helpers, generic dispatch, and deferred calls can obscure or defer the effective target and bypass name-based authorization. An attacker who causes an application to instantiate untrusted Hydra configuration can use these gaps to execute code with the application's privileges. This issue is fixed in versions 1.3.6 and 1.4.0.dev9.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine without logging in, but needs a user to act. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.8 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-184
- Record status
- Awaiting Analysis
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/hydra-ecosystem/hydra/commit/2c82bbb3f39603b336cb852461739fdf7a38798a
- https://github.com/hydra-ecosystem/hydra/commit/f462811117b5ecfd2ed652ed52d6b4e3771bd943
- https://github.com/hydra-ecosystem/hydra/pull/3412
- https://github.com/hydra-ecosystem/hydra/pull/3413
- https://github.com/hydra-ecosystem/hydra/releases/tag/v1.3.6
- https://github.com/hydra-ecosystem/hydra/security/advisories/GHSA-rqx7-p7vv-w7hr
References
- https://github.com/hydra-ecosystem/hydra/commit/2c82bbb3f39603b336cb852461739fdf7a38798a
- https://github.com/hydra-ecosystem/hydra/commit/f462811117b5ecfd2ed652ed52d6b4e3771bd943
- https://github.com/hydra-ecosystem/hydra/pull/3412
- https://github.com/hydra-ecosystem/hydra/pull/3413
- https://github.com/hydra-ecosystem/hydra/releases/tag/v1.3.6
- https://github.com/hydra-ecosystem/hydra/security/advisories/GHSA-rqx7-p7vv-w7hr