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1 vulnerability by vanhauser-thc
CVE-2026-56766 (GCVE-0-2026-56766)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-25 18:01 – Updated: 2026-06-25 18:34 X_Open Source
VLAI
Title
Hydra - Stack Buffer Overflow in NTLM Authentication Handler
Summary
Hydra through 9.7, fixed in commit 9cc84c2, contains a stack buffer overflow in NTLM authentication across SMTP, POP3, IMAP, NNTP, HTTP, HTTP-Proxy, and HTTP-Proxy-Urlenum modules when processing malicious NTLM Type-2 challenges. A malicious server can send a crafted NTLM Type-2 challenge with an excessively long domain string, causing base64-encoded response data to overflow a 500-byte stack buffer by 18 to 330 bytes, enabling remote code execution on systems without stack protection.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra/commit… | patch |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hydra-stack-… | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| vanhauser-thc | thc-hydra |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 9.7
(custom)
Unaffected: 9cc84c20e75f5fef6bb1790bb9ada2afad2204e2 (git) |
Date Public
2026-05-19 00:00
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