EEF-CVE-2026-75542

Source
https://cna.erlef.org/osv/EEF-CVE-2026-75542.html
Import Source
https://cna.erlef.org/osv/EEF-CVE-2026-75542.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/EEF-CVE-2026-75542
Aliases
  • CVE-2026-75542
  • GHSA-rfx8-w654-8cpr
Published
2026-08-24T20:14:30.191Z
Modified
2026-08-24T20:26:00.523862312Z
Severity
  • 8.3 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
OAuth token exchange grants repository scopes for organizations the principal cannot access
Details

Summary

Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in the OAuth token endpoint in hexpm hexpm allows an API key holding the repositories permission to read another organization's private packages.

When an API key is exchanged for a token through the OAuth client_credentials grant, validate_scopes_against_key/2 in lib/hexpm_web/controllers/api/oauth_controller.ex admits a requested scope whenever the key carries the repositories permission and the scope string begins with repository:. The organization name is never resolved against the principal, and expand_repositories_scope/3 only rewrites the literal repositories scope, so an explicit repository:<name> passes through untouched. Both CDN edges authorize repository access from the token claim without querying the database, so the minted token is read access to that organization's private packages until it expires.

This issue affects hex.pm: from 2025-10-18 before 2026-08-24.

Database specific
{
    "capec_ids": [
        "CAPEC-122"
    ],
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-863"
    ],
    "cpe_ids": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:hexpm:hexpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ]
}
References
Credits
    • Eric Meadows-Jönsson - FINDER
    • Eric Meadows-Jönsson - REMEDIATION_DEVELOPER
    • Jonatan Männchen / EEF - COORDINATOR

Affected packages

Git / github.com/hexpm/hexpm

Affected ranges

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

Database specific

source
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