High severity · published Oct 6, 2026
CVE-2026-106442
Hydra instantiate target blacklist bypasses permit code execution
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 5% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HY
hydra · hydra-ecosystem
>= 1.3.4, < 1.3.6; >= 1.4.0.dev0, < 1.4.0.dev9 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-106442
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-106442
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/hydra-ecosystem/hydra/security/advisories/GHSA-rqx7-p7vv-w7hr
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/hydra-ecosystem/hydra/pull/3412
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/hydra-ecosystem/hydra/pull/3413
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/hydra-ecosystem/hydra/commit/2c82bbb3f39603b336cb852461739fdf7a38798a
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/hydra-ecosystem/hydra/commit/f462811117b5ecfd2ed652ed52d6b4e3771bd943
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/hydra-ecosystem/hydra/releases/tag/v1.3.6
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