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High · 8.5 CVE-2026-106439 EUVD-2026-93658GHSA-mwj6-rfh8-7qf4PYSEC-2026-4222

Hydra: Mutable instantiate policy sets allow target blocklist bypass

Published Oct 6, 2026 · Updated Oct 6, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Hydra is a framework for elegantly configuring complex applications. From 1.3.4 until 1.3.7 and 1.4.0.dev10, Hydra stores legacy instantiate target blocklists and related execution-policy collections in mutable module-level state. An attacker who controls multiple sibling target entries can resolve hydra._internal.target_policy.UNCONTROLLED_EXECUTION_TARGETS.discard through instantiate(), remove a denied target, and then invoke that target because sibling nodes are processed in insertion order against the same modified policy. The mutation persists in process-global state and can enable code execution with the application's privileges, while a narrow execution whitelist supplied by trusted Python code is not bypassed by the reported direct mutation path. This issue is fixed in versions 1.3.7 and 1.4.0.dev10.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
hydra-ecosystem hydra >= 1.3.4, < 1.3.7, >= 1.4.0.dev4, < 1.4.0.dev10 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI hydra-core >= 1.3.4, < 1.3.7 1.3.7 GHSA-mwj6-rfh8-7qf4
PyPI hydra-core >= 1.4.0.dev4, < 1.4.0.dev10 1.4.0.dev10 GHSA-mwj6-rfh8-7qf4
PyPI hydra-core >= 1.3.4, < 1.3.7 · >= 1.4.0.dev4, < 1.4.0.dev10 1.3.7, 1.4.0.dev10 PYSEC-2026-4222

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