CVE-2026-103503
Hex trusts its bundled CA certificates when cacerts_path is set
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.
- 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
06 References
- github.comGitHub Advisoryhttps://github.com/hexpm/hex/security/advisories/GHSA-rw8q-hg7m-cxgr
- cna.erlef.orgEEF CNA record for CVE-2026-103503https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-103503.html
- osv.devOSV record EEF-CVE-2026-103503https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-103503
- github.comIntroducing commit c9b26a4 in hexpm/hexhttps://github.com/hexpm/hex/commit/c9b26a46928bfcd546773571e09c1d05f4cd9fb7
- github.comFix commit 5f5a213 in hexpm/hexhttps://github.com/hexpm/hex/commit/5f5a2136c7cf5991b6e8a30d645ca9f8e74b0785
- github.comFix commit 6232a64 in hexpm/hexhttps://github.com/hexpm/hex/commit/6232a6498015e559743bec4f4fbec9138837cec8
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.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.