# CVE-2026-56766: Hydra - Stack Buffer Overflow in NTLM Authentication Handler

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-06-25 · Updated: 2026-07-14

## Affected

- vanhauser-thc thc-hydra: through 9.7

## 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.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra/commit/9cc84c20e75f5fef6bb1790bb9ada2afad2204e2
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hydra-stack-buffer-overflow-in-ntlm-authentication-handler
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52622

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