CVE-2026-21618

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.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total 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

0.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 17.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.5 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/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

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-24.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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.

Published

2026-01-19 14:22Z9 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-07-24 14:16Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-01-01

Assigning CNA

EEF

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

6c95b900efd9b1308aff118faacde269f992f8bbaae23bb20581cac87c4bf48b

• github.comhttps://github.com/hexpm/hexpm/security/advisories/GHSA-6cw9-5gg4-rhpjvendor-advisoryrelated
• cna.erlef.orghttps://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-21618.htmlrelated
• osv.devhttps://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-21618related
• github.comhttps://github.com/hexpm/hexpm/commit/c692438684ead90c3bcbfb9ccf4e63c768c668a8patch