EEF-CVE-2026-23940

Source
https://cna.erlef.org/osv/EEF-CVE-2026-23940.html
Import Source
https://cna.erlef.org/osv/EEF-CVE-2026-23940.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/EEF-CVE-2026-23940
Aliases
Published
2026-03-13T16:07:53Z
Modified
2026-09-08T13:45:02Z
Severity
  • 7.1 (High) CVSS_V4 - 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 CVSS Calculator
Summary
Denial of Service via Oversized Package Upload
Details

Summary

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.

Workarounds

  • Prevent large package uploads by enforcing upload size limits at the reverse proxy or load balancer level.
Database specific
{
    "capec_ids": [
        "CAPEC-130"
    ],
    "cpe_ids": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:hexpm:hexpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-400"
    ]
}
References
Credits
    • Joud Zakharia / zentrust partners GmbH - FINDER
    • Eric Meadows-Jönsson / Hex.pm - REMEDIATION_DEVELOPER

Affected packages

Git / github.com/hexpm/hexpm

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/hexpm/hexpm
Events

Database specific

source
"https://cna.erlef.org/osv/EEF-CVE-2026-23940.json"