CVE-2024-32657

Summary

CVE-2024-32657 is a vulnerability in Hydra, a Continuous Integration service for Nix based projects. Attackers can execute arbitrary code in the browser context of Hydra and perform authenticated HTTP requests. The vulnerability allows Nix builds to specify files that Hydra serves to clients, including HTML files. However, the issue has been patched on the official Hydra website and the nixpkgs package. Users with custom Hydra packages can apply the fix commit to their local installations. It is important to note that the vulnerability is only triggered when opening HTML build artifacts, so avoiding opening them until the vulnerability is fixed can mitigate the risk. The severity of this vulnerability is rated as MEDIUM, with a base score of 4.6 out of 10.

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