Dashboard / CVE-2026-62162

CVE-2026-62162

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.03 BB Relevance: 76/100
Published: 2026-10-30 Modified: 2026-10-30 First seen: 2026-10-30 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: X
AT: Present
VC: None
VI: High
VA: None

Description

Hydra is a layer-two scalability solution for Cardano. Prior to 2.1.0, the `Claim` branch in `hydra-plutus/validators/deposit.ak` checks only that `datum.head_id` matches the attacker-controlled `redeemer.currencySymbol` and that the transaction is valid before the deposit deadline. It neither requires spending the Head state-token UTxO in the same transaction nor constrains outputs. After a deposit made through `POST /commit` is confirmed, any third party able to build a Cardano transaction can observe and consume the pending deposit UTxO before its deadline and redirect the assets to an arbitrary address. A standalone deposit spend invokes no Head validator, bypassing its safety checks; historical head-ID binding and the Aiken rewrite retained this missing invariant. The default deadline is three times depositPeriod, so the described attack applies to pending deposits before that deadline. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.0.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (2)

VendorProductVersion
cardano-scaling hydra < 2.1.0
cardano-scaling hydra < 2.1.0

References & Advisories (3)

Bug Bounty Relevance

76 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

8.2 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/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

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.37%
Raw Score 0.003670
Percentile 30.6%
Date 2026-10-31

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
nvd ref →

External Links