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01 Record

CVE-2026-103503

Hex trusts its bundled CA certificates when cacerts_path is set

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: EEF
CNA base score5.9 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

02 Description

Hex trusts its bundled CA certificates when cacerts_path is set

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
SSVC decision
  • ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
  • AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
  • Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.
EPSS probability
0.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 10.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.9 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
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
NVD analysis status
Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-16.
Red Hat severity
Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2026-10-12 15:17Z16 DAYS AGO
Last updated
2026-10-16 17:32Z12 DAYS AGO
Reserved
2026-10-08
Assigning CNA
EEF
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 5.9)
CNA CVSS vector
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
Weaknesses
  • CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase
Data version
5.2
Document digest
4ff5555297b9a1ec78dc9499d4bee83f326792722b78590014984324863f60d0

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
hexpmhex0.20.2 to < 2.5.2, c9b26a46928bfcd546773571e09c1d05f4cd9fb7 to < *—

06 References

07 Remediation

Upgrade Hex to 2.5.2 or later, for example with mix local.hex. With cacerts_path (HEX_CACERTS_PATH) set, Hex then only accepts server certificates that chain to a CA in that file, and it doesn't trust copies of CA certificates sent by the server.

08 Fixed in

Debian 13

  • erlang-hex
    No fix yet

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • erlang-hex
    Fixed in 2.5.3-2

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

  • erlang-hex
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

  • erlang-hex
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 26.10

  • erlang-hex
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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