DEBIAN-CVE-2026-103503

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-103503
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-103503.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-103503
Upstream
Published
2026-10-12T16:17:02Z
Modified
2026-10-16T19:00:05Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/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 Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in hexpm hex allows an attacker who can intercept HTTPS connections, and holds a certificate for a Hex host issued by a CA in Hex's bundled CA store, to impersonate that host to users who set cacerts_path to a CA store that leaves that CA out. cacerts_path (HEX_CACERTS_PATH) is documented as the path to the CA certificate store, used instead of the CA bundle that ships with Hex. Hex.HTTP.SSL.ssl_opts/1 passes the configured store as the cacerts option, but builds the partial_chain callback from the bundled store whether cacerts_path is set or not. Hex.HTTP.SSL.partial_chain/2 accepts a server chain when any certificate in it has the same public key as a bundled CA certificate, so a chain that leads to a bundled CA passes verification although the configured store doesn't contain that CA. Hostname verification still applies. This issue affects hex: from 0.20.2 before 2.5.2.

References

Affected packages

Debian:13 / erlang-hex

Package

Name
erlang-hex
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/erlang-hex?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.0.6-2
2.4.2-1
2.4.2-2
2.5.1-1
2.5.1-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-103503.json"

Debian:14 / erlang-hex

Package

Name
erlang-hex
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/erlang-hex?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.0.6-2
2.4.2-1
2.4.2-2
2.5.1-1
2.5.1-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-103503.json"