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CVE-2026-23940

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Published: Mar 13, 2026Modified: Apr 6, 2026

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Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XShow less
Source: 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db (Secondary)

Description

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in hexpm hexpm/hexpm allows Excessive Allocation. Publishing an oversized package can cause Hex.pm to run out of memory while extracting the uploaded package tarball. This can terminate the affected application instance and result in a denial of service for package publishing and potentially other package-processing functionality. This issue affects hexpm: before 495f01607d3eae4aed7ad09b2f54f31ec7a7df01; hex.pm: before 2026-03-10.

Affected (1)

Products: Hex: Hexpm
Hex
1 product
Hexpm
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Hexpm
Before 2026-03-09

Related CWEs

CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

References (4)

Source: 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
Source: 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
Patch
Source: 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
MitigationVendor Advisory
Source: 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db

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