CVE-2025-48886CWE-755

hydra-node dangerously assumes L1 event finality and does not consider failed transactions

Medium · published June 19, 2025

CVSS v3.1
4.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
21.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Hydra is a layer-two scalability solution for Cardano. Prior to version 0.22.0, the process assumes L1 event finality and does not consider failed transactions. Currently, Cardano L1 is monitored for certain events which are necessary for state progression. At the moment, Hydra considers those events as finalized as soon as they are recognized by the node participants making such transactions the target of re-org attacks. The system does not currently consider the fact that failed transactions on the Cardano L1 can indeed appear in blocks because these transactions are so infrequent. This issue has been patched in version 0.22.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.8 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00298 · 21.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-755 · Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
Published
2025-06-19T14:24Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 JUN 14:24Z
    hydra-node dangerously assumes L1 event finality and does not consider failed transactions
    cvelistv5