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High · 7.8 CVE-2026-106440 EUVD-2026-93661GHSA-5jjj-9xc3-rm56PYSEC-2026-4224

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

Published Oct 6, 2026 · Updated Oct 9, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

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.

Affected products

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

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI hydra-optuna-sweeper >= 1.2.0, < 1.3.0 1.3.0 GHSA-5jjj-9xc3-rm56
PyPI hydra-optuna-sweeper >= 1.4.0.dev4, < 1.4.0.dev10 1.4.0.dev10 GHSA-5jjj-9xc3-rm56
PyPI hydra-optuna-sweeper >= 1.2.0, < 1.3.0 · >= 1.4.0.dev4, < 1.4.0.dev10 1.3.0, 1.4.0.dev10 PYSEC-2026-4224

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