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.
History

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First Time appeared Nixos
Nixos hydra
Vendors & Products Nixos
Nixos hydra

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Metrics ssvc

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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.
Title Hydra missing authentication when triggering evaluations through GitHub and Gitea plugins
Weaknesses CWE-306
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2025-08-12T15:48:54.115Z

Updated: 2025-08-12T16:06:33.566Z

Reserved: 2025-07-31T17:23:33.472Z

Link: CVE-2025-54864

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-12T16:06:24.353Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-12T16:15:28.337

Modified: 2025-08-13T17:34:12.350

Link: CVE-2025-54864

cve-icon Redhat

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