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.
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Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-120
References
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Fri, 26 Jun 2026 10:45:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description 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.
Title Hydra - Stack Buffer Overflow in NTLM Authentication Handler
Weaknesses CWE-121
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-14T21:34:18.775Z

Reserved: 2026-06-22T21:55:17.942Z

Link: CVE-2026-56766

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-25T18:34:29.403Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-06-25T19:16:43.577

Modified: 2026-07-14T22:17:20.980

Link: CVE-2026-56766

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-06-25T18:01:07Z

Links: CVE-2026-56766 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-29T14:15:05Z

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