CVE-2026-105274
hex_core decompresses registry and Erlang term API responses without size limits
02 Description
hex_core decompresses registry and Erlang term API responses without size limits
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
- 0.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 38.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 2.1 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/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 2026-10-15.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. 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 16:43Z16 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-15 18:05Z13 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-10-10
- Assigning CNA
- EEF
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Low (CVSS 2.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-409Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 1a33ae085b90017c67f546f2fec4a7c444a6fa02ca0edcb7c7fb75cb1b09449f
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comGitHub Advisoryhttps://github.com/hexpm/hex_core/security/advisories/GHSA-7c4r-cgf9-9jmq
- cna.erlef.orgEEF CNA record for CVE-2026-105274https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-105274.html
- osv.devOSV record EEF-CVE-2026-105274https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-105274
- github.comIntroducing commit 209c02e in erlang/rebar3https://github.com/erlang/rebar3/commit/209c02ec57c2cc3207ee0174c3af3675b8dc8f79
- github.comFix commit 360838a in erlang/rebar3https://github.com/erlang/rebar3/commit/360838a22f5b3a88c0358207f2923059bcbb3afb
- github.comIntroducing commit fbb6d9d in hexpm/hex_corehttps://github.com/hexpm/hex_core/commit/fbb6d9de472e5edb8d6fb6b32a91cb266137892e
- github.comFix commit ebe25d1 in hexpm/hex_corehttps://github.com/hexpm/hex_core/commit/ebe25d110717f6a3addba5232cd4a7dc1c76b628
- github.comIntroducing commit 671f695 in hexpm/hexhttps://github.com/hexpm/hex/commit/671f695ac548ed01f5828c2a739ecaa942b21007
- github.comFix commit d8b60ee in hexpm/hexhttps://github.com/hexpm/hex/commit/d8b60eee97abb119d525306f048969a217d793a5
07 Remediation
Upgrade hex_core to 0.20.0 or later. Registry resources larger than 16 MiB after decompression are rejected with {too_big_uncompressed, MaxSize}, configurable with registry_max_uncompressed_size. Upgrade Hex to 2.5.2 or later, which vendors hex_core 0.20.0. No rebar3 release vendors hex_core 0.20.0 yet.
08 Fixed in
Debian 12
- rebar3 No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- rebar3 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
- rebar3 Fixed in 3.27.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- rebar3 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- erlang-hex No fix yet
- rebar3 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
- rebar3 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
- rebar3 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.