Description
Hydra is a continuous integration service for Nix based projects. Prior to commit f7bda02, /api/push-github and /api/push-gitea are called by the corresponding forge without HTTP Basic authentication. Both forges do however feature HMAC signing with a secret key. Triggering an evaluation can be very taxing on the infrastructure when large evaluations are done, introducing potential denial of service attacks on the host running the evaluator. This issue has been patched by commit f7bda02. A workaround involves blocking /api/push-github and /api/push-gitea via a reverse proxy.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/NixOS/hydra/security/advisories/GHSA-qpq3-646c-vgx9
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/NixOS/hydra/commit/f7bda020c6144913f134ec616783e57817f7686f
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0008
EPSS Percentile
23.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-306
Status
published
Products (1)
nixos/hydra
< 2025-08-12
Published
Aug 12, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026