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CVE-2026-106440

HIGH 7.8

Hydra: Optuna custom_search_space can resolve and execute untrusted callables via get_method

CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Hydra is a framework for elegantly configuring complex applications. From 1.2.0 until 1.3.0 and 1.4.0.dev10, the hydra-optuna-sweeper package accepts a configuration-controlled dotted path in hydra.sweeper.custom_search_space, resolves it with hydra.utils.get_method(), and later invokes the returned callable in the Hydra controller process. Because get_method() is a trusted-input lookup helper and does not apply the execution policy used by instantiate(), an attacker who controls Optuna sweep configuration or command-line overrides can select importable Python code for execution with the application's privileges, including bypassing a trusted execution whitelist on affected Hydra 1.4 development releases. This issue is fixed in versions 1.3.0 and 1.4.0.dev10.

CWE CWE-470
Vendor hydra-ecosystem
Product hydra
Published Oct 6, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

hydra-ecosystem / hydra
>= 1.2.0, < 1.3.0 >= 1.4.0.dev4, < 1.4.0.dev10

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/hydra-ecosystem/hydra/security/advisories/GHSA-5jjj-9xc3-rm56 github.com: https://github.com/hydra-ecosystem/hydra/commit/0dd18084589a3d3e577d1f1a8a48fb485c94a5e6 github.com: https://github.com/hydra-ecosystem/hydra/commit/4720dfca2bde27fa140ec287a05709668fbdf168 github.com: https://github.com/hydra-ecosystem/hydra/releases/tag/v1.3.7