CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-23940

7.1 HIGH Published 2026-03-13 Modified 2026-09-08 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2026-03-13
Last modified
2026-09-08
Assigner
6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
CVSS 4.0 (6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db)
7.1 HIGH — 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
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-400

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 hex.pm: before 2026-03-10.

Affected configurations

• hex hexpm (< 2026-03-09)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness

References