CVE-2025-54864 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Hydra, a continuous integration service for Nix-based projects. Specifically, the /api/push-github and /api/push-gitea endpoints lacked HTTP Basic authentication, allowing unauthenticated attackers to trigger resource-intensive evaluations. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity to achieve a high impact on availability. While HMAC signing is present, the absence of basic authentication allows for potential denial-of-service attacks. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2025-08-12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nixos:hydra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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