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.
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| 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. | |
| Title | Hydra: Optuna custom_search_space can resolve and execute untrusted callables via get_method | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-470 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2026-10-06T18:51:37.549Z
Updated: 2026-10-09T01:39:38.611Z
Reserved: 2026-10-06T16:49:40.590Z
Link: CVE-2026-106440
Updated: 2026-10-09T01:39:34.817Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-10-06T19:18:12.877
Modified: 2026-10-09T02:16:59.577
Link: CVE-2026-106440