CVE-2026-105668
Hex release-age cooldown is lifted package-wide when the locked release is retired
02 Description
Hex release-age cooldown is lifted package-wide when the locked release is retired
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 ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 29.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.1 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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 15:31Z16 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-16 17:38Z12 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-10-07
- Assigning CNA
- EEF
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- f2a65a19d4b8debaadac0155d82abb1d36d58833b5c199828f1afe8444b52388
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comGitHub Advisoryhttps://github.com/hexpm/hex/security/advisories/GHSA-pqhp-5x9x-69h7
- cna.erlef.orgEEF CNA record for CVE-2026-105668https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-105668.html
- osv.devOSV record EEF-CVE-2026-105668https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-105668
- github.comIntroducing commit b4e665d in hexpm/hexhttps://github.com/hexpm/hex/commit/b4e665d46be8a5f81e8cbbe4c3a67058a19cf133
- github.comFix commit eed2bdf in hexpm/hexhttps://github.com/hexpm/hex/commit/eed2bdf85320ae9e244629511c03f5f3f8c5d0b5
- github.comFix commit 1b6fddf in hexpm/hexhttps://github.com/hexpm/hex/commit/1b6fddfeadd98ed26a143f60356efade0494e2ae
07 Remediation
Upgrade Hex to 2.5.2 or later, for example with mix local.hex. A retired locked release then no longer lifts the release-age cooldown for its package. A locked release with a security advisory still lifts it for its package and the direct dependencies of the locked release, only in the repository the package is locked from.
08 Fixed in
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.