diff --git a/TUnit.Core/Attributes/Executors/HookExecutorAttribute.cs b/TUnit.Core/Attributes/Executors/HookExecutorAttribute.cs
index 5cdd78c4e9..fc8171c928 100644
--- a/TUnit.Core/Attributes/Executors/HookExecutorAttribute.cs
+++ b/TUnit.Core/Attributes/Executors/HookExecutorAttribute.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,36 @@
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using TUnit.Core.Interfaces;
 
 namespace TUnit.Core.Executors;
 
-public class HookExecutorAttribute(Type type) : TUnitAttribute
+[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Assembly | AttributeTargets.Class | AttributeTargets.Method)]
+public class HookExecutorAttribute : TUnitAttribute, IHookRegisteredEventReceiver, IScopedAttribute
 {
-    public Type HookExecutorType { get; } = type;
+    [DynamicallyAccessedMembers(DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes.PublicConstructors)]
+    private readonly Type _hookExecutorType;
+
+    private IHookExecutor? _executor;
+
+    public HookExecutorAttribute([DynamicallyAccessedMembers(DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes.PublicConstructors)] Type type)
+    {
+        _hookExecutorType = type;
+    }
+
+    public Type HookExecutorType => _hookExecutorType;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public int Order => 0;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public Type ScopeType => typeof(IHookExecutor);
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public ValueTask OnHookRegistered(HookRegisteredContext context)
+    {
+        context.HookExecutor = _executor ??= (IHookExecutor)Activator.CreateInstance(_hookExecutorType)!;
+        return default(ValueTask);
+    }
 }
 
 [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Assembly | AttributeTargets.Class | AttributeTargets.Method)]
-public sealed class HookExecutorAttribute<T>() : HookExecutorAttribute(typeof(T)) where T : IHookExecutor, new();
+public sealed class HookExecutorAttribute<[DynamicallyAccessedMembers(DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes.PublicConstructors)] T>() : HookExecutorAttribute(typeof(T)) where T : IHookExecutor, new();
diff --git a/TUnit.PublicAPI/Tests.Core_Library_Has_No_API_Changes.DotNet10_0.verified.txt b/TUnit.PublicAPI/Tests.Core_Library_Has_No_API_Changes.DotNet10_0.verified.txt
index 09c9145279..8b52caf557 100644
--- a/TUnit.PublicAPI/Tests.Core_Library_Has_No_API_Changes.DotNet10_0.verified.txt
+++ b/TUnit.PublicAPI/Tests.Core_Library_Has_No_API_Changes.DotNet10_0.verified.txt
@@ -2035,13 +2035,17 @@ namespace .Executors
         public . OnHookRegistered(.HookRegisteredContext context) { }
         public . OnTestRegistered(.TestRegisteredContext context) { }
     }
-    public class HookExecutorAttribute : .TUnitAttribute
+    [(.Assembly | .Class | .Method)]
+    public class HookExecutorAttribute : .TUnitAttribute, .IScopedAttribute, ., .
     {
-        public HookExecutorAttribute( type) { }
+        public HookExecutorAttribute([.(..PublicConstructors)]  type) { }
         public  HookExecutorType { get; }
+        public int Order { get; }
+        public  ScopeType { get; }
+        public . OnHookRegistered(.HookRegisteredContext context) { }
     }
     [(.Assembly | .Class | .Method)]
-    public sealed class HookExecutorAttribute<T> : .
+    public sealed class HookExecutorAttribute<[.(..PublicConstructors)]  T> : .
         where T : ., new ()
     {
         public HookExecutorAttribute() { }
diff --git a/TUnit.PublicAPI/Tests.Core_Library_Has_No_API_Changes.DotNet8_0.verified.txt b/TUnit.PublicAPI/Tests.Core_Library_Has_No_API_Changes.DotNet8_0.verified.txt
index 7ca7bd632b..0622541817 100644
--- a/TUnit.PublicAPI/Tests.Core_Library_Has_No_API_Changes.DotNet8_0.verified.txt
+++ b/TUnit.PublicAPI/Tests.Core_Library_Has_No_API_Changes.DotNet8_0.verified.txt
@@ -2035,13 +2035,17 @@ namespace .Executors
         public . OnHookRegistered(.HookRegisteredContext context) { }
         public . OnTestRegistered(.TestRegisteredContext context) { }
     }
-    public class HookExecutorAttribute : .TUnitAttribute
+    [(.Assembly | .Class | .Method)]
+    public class HookExecutorAttribute : .TUnitAttribute, .IScopedAttribute, ., .
     {
-        public HookExecutorAttribute( type) { }
+        public HookExecutorAttribute([.(..PublicConstructors)]  type) { }
         public  HookExecutorType { get; }
+        public int Order { get; }
+        public  ScopeType { get; }
+        public . OnHookRegistered(.HookRegisteredContext context) { }
     }
     [(.Assembly | .Class | .Method)]
-    public sealed class HookExecutorAttribute<T> : .
+    public sealed class HookExecutorAttribute<[.(..PublicConstructors)]  T> : .
         where T : ., new ()
     {
         public HookExecutorAttribute() { }
diff --git a/TUnit.PublicAPI/Tests.Core_Library_Has_No_API_Changes.DotNet9_0.verified.txt b/TUnit.PublicAPI/Tests.Core_Library_Has_No_API_Changes.DotNet9_0.verified.txt
index aabe70fe99..0a1d3fcbe5 100644
--- a/TUnit.PublicAPI/Tests.Core_Library_Has_No_API_Changes.DotNet9_0.verified.txt
+++ b/TUnit.PublicAPI/Tests.Core_Library_Has_No_API_Changes.DotNet9_0.verified.txt
@@ -2035,13 +2035,17 @@ namespace .Executors
         public . OnHookRegistered(.HookRegisteredContext context) { }
         public . OnTestRegistered(.TestRegisteredContext context) { }
     }
-    public class HookExecutorAttribute : .TUnitAttribute
+    [(.Assembly | .Class | .Method)]
+    public class HookExecutorAttribute : .TUnitAttribute, .IScopedAttribute, ., .
     {
-        public HookExecutorAttribute( type) { }
+        public HookExecutorAttribute([.(..PublicConstructors)]  type) { }
         public  HookExecutorType { get; }
+        public int Order { get; }
+        public  ScopeType { get; }
+        public . OnHookRegistered(.HookRegisteredContext context) { }
     }
     [(.Assembly | .Class | .Method)]
-    public sealed class HookExecutorAttribute<T> : .
+    public sealed class HookExecutorAttribute<[.(..PublicConstructors)]  T> : .
         where T : ., new ()
     {
         public HookExecutorAttribute() { }
diff --git a/TUnit.PublicAPI/Tests.Core_Library_Has_No_API_Changes.Net4_7.verified.txt b/TUnit.PublicAPI/Tests.Core_Library_Has_No_API_Changes.Net4_7.verified.txt
index 6efe709542..0266604c25 100644
--- a/TUnit.PublicAPI/Tests.Core_Library_Has_No_API_Changes.Net4_7.verified.txt
+++ b/TUnit.PublicAPI/Tests.Core_Library_Has_No_API_Changes.Net4_7.verified.txt
@@ -1977,10 +1977,14 @@ namespace .Executors
         public . OnHookRegistered(.HookRegisteredContext context) { }
         public . OnTestRegistered(.TestRegisteredContext context) { }
     }
-    public class HookExecutorAttribute : .TUnitAttribute
+    [(.Assembly | .Class | .Method)]
+    public class HookExecutorAttribute : .TUnitAttribute, .IScopedAttribute, ., .
     {
         public HookExecutorAttribute( type) { }
         public  HookExecutorType { get; }
+        public int Order { get; }
+        public  ScopeType { get; }
+        public . OnHookRegistered(.HookRegisteredContext context) { }
     }
     [(.Assembly | .Class | .Method)]
     public sealed class HookExecutorAttribute<T> : .
diff --git a/TUnit.TestProject/HookExecutorHookTests.cs b/TUnit.TestProject/HookExecutorHookTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e448cff67d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TUnit.TestProject/HookExecutorHookTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using TUnit.Core;
+using TUnit.Core.Executors;
+using TUnit.Core.Interfaces;
+using TUnit.TestProject.Attributes;
+
+namespace TUnit.TestProject;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Regression tests for https://github.com/thomhurst/TUnit/issues/5462 — HookExecutorAttribute
+/// applied at class (and assembly) level must cascade to hooks declared in the scope, not just
+/// to hooks where the attribute sits directly on the method. Mirrors CultureHookTests, which is
+/// the analogous coverage for #5452.
+/// </summary>
+internal static class RecordingHookExecutorState
+{
+    // Each fixture uses its own executor type (and therefore its own bucket) so that
+    // assertions are not affected by parallel-running fixtures.
+    private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, ConcurrentBag<string>> _invocations = new();
+
+    public static void Record(string bucket, string hookName)
+    {
+        _invocations.GetOrAdd(bucket, _ => new ConcurrentBag<string>()).Add(hookName);
+    }
+
+    public static int Count(string bucket)
+    {
+        return _invocations.TryGetValue(bucket, out var bag) ? bag.Count : 0;
+    }
+}
+
+public sealed class RecordingHookExecutor_F1ClassLevel : GenericAbstractExecutor
+{
+    protected override async ValueTask ExecuteAsync(Func<ValueTask> action)
+    {
+        RecordingHookExecutorState.Record(nameof(RecordingHookExecutor_F1ClassLevel), "executed");
+        await action();
+    }
+}
+
+public sealed class RecordingHookExecutor_F2ClassLevel : GenericAbstractExecutor
+{
+    protected override async ValueTask ExecuteAsync(Func<ValueTask> action)
+    {
+        RecordingHookExecutorState.Record(nameof(RecordingHookExecutor_F2ClassLevel), "executed");
+        await action();
+    }
+}
+
+public sealed class RecordingHookExecutor_F2MethodOverride : GenericAbstractExecutor
+{
+    protected override async ValueTask ExecuteAsync(Func<ValueTask> action)
+    {
+        RecordingHookExecutorState.Record(nameof(RecordingHookExecutor_F2MethodOverride), "executed");
+        await action();
+    }
+}
+
+public sealed class RecordingHookExecutor_F3Inherits : GenericAbstractExecutor
+{
+    protected override async ValueTask ExecuteAsync(Func<ValueTask> action)
+    {
+        RecordingHookExecutorState.Record(nameof(RecordingHookExecutor_F3Inherits), "executed");
+        await action();
+    }
+}
+
+[EngineTest(ExpectedResult.Pass)]
+[HookExecutor<RecordingHookExecutor_F1ClassLevel>]
+public class HookExecutorHookTests_ClassLevel
+{
+    [Before(Class)]
+    public static Task BeforeClass()
+    {
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    [After(Class)]
+    public static async Task AfterClass()
+    {
+        // Runs after the last test in this class — assert directly. By the end of the
+        // class lifecycle the class-level [HookExecutor] must have wrapped at least
+        // Before(Class), the per-test Before(Test)/After(Test) for both tests, and this
+        // After(Class) hook itself. We just need ≥ 1 to confirm cascading worked at all.
+        var count = RecordingHookExecutorState.Count(nameof(RecordingHookExecutor_F1ClassLevel));
+        await Assert.That(count).IsGreaterThanOrEqualTo(1);
+    }
+
+    [Before(Test)]
+    public Task BeforeTest()
+    {
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    [After(Test)]
+    public Task AfterTest()
+    {
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task ClassLevelHookExecutor_RanForBeforeClassHook()
+    {
+        // Before(Class) ran before this test. With the class-level [HookExecutor<...>]
+        // cascading, the recording executor must have been invoked at least once.
+        var count = RecordingHookExecutorState.Count(nameof(RecordingHookExecutor_F1ClassLevel));
+        await Assert.That(count).IsGreaterThanOrEqualTo(1);
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task ClassLevelHookExecutor_RanForBeforeTestHook()
+    {
+        // By the time this test body runs, Before(Test) has executed for it. The recording
+        // executor should have been invoked at least twice — once for Before(Class) (shared
+        // across both tests) and once for the most recent Before(Test).
+        var count = RecordingHookExecutorState.Count(nameof(RecordingHookExecutor_F1ClassLevel));
+        await Assert.That(count).IsGreaterThanOrEqualTo(2);
+    }
+}
+
+[EngineTest(ExpectedResult.Pass)]
+[HookExecutor<RecordingHookExecutor_F2ClassLevel>]
+public class HookExecutorHookTests_MethodLevelOverride
+{
+    [Before(Test), HookExecutor<RecordingHookExecutor_F2MethodOverride>]
+    public Task BeforeTest()
+    {
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task MethodLevel_HookExecutor_OverridesClassLevel()
+    {
+        // The Before(Test) hook above carries its own [HookExecutor<F2MethodOverride>],
+        // which must beat the class-level [HookExecutor<F2ClassLevel>] for this hook.
+        // Method-override executor must be invoked, class-level executor must not be —
+        // there is no other hook in this fixture for the class-level executor to wrap.
+        var methodOverrideCount = RecordingHookExecutorState.Count(nameof(RecordingHookExecutor_F2MethodOverride));
+        await Assert.That(methodOverrideCount).IsGreaterThanOrEqualTo(1);
+
+        var classLevelCount = RecordingHookExecutorState.Count(nameof(RecordingHookExecutor_F2ClassLevel));
+        await Assert.That(classLevelCount).IsEqualTo(0);
+    }
+}
+
+[EngineTest(ExpectedResult.Pass)]
+[HookExecutor<RecordingHookExecutor_F3Inherits>]
+public class HookExecutorHookTests_InheritsClassLevel
+{
+    // No method-level [HookExecutor] override — class-level RecordingHookExecutor_F3Inherits
+    // applies to the Before(Test) hook.
+    [Before(Test)]
+    public Task BeforeTest()
+    {
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task InheritsClassHookExecutor_ForBeforeTest()
+    {
+        var count = RecordingHookExecutorState.Count(nameof(RecordingHookExecutor_F3Inherits));
+        await Assert.That(count).IsGreaterThanOrEqualTo(1);
+    }
+}