CVE-2025-54864

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductNixos Hydra
PublishedAug 12, 2025
First seenAug 12, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • nixos hydra2025-08-12 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
nixos hydrav < 2025-08-122025-08-12

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