01 Record
CVE-2026-23940
Denial of Service via Oversized Package Upload
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: EEF
CNA base score7.1 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
02 Description
Denial of Service via Oversized Package Upload
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.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 39.3% 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:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/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
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-08.
- 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-03-13 16:07Z7 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-09-08 13:32Z1 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-01-19
- Assigning CNA
- EEF
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 0eb7d03305d636b40d9a7cb1ff27cda1666b28e46f8e6ce0d3ae2737b013470e
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
hexpmhexpm0 to < 2026-03-10, 82911daf5f8fb2ab44f298e3ba22b90bc1ae3746 to < 495f01607d3eae4aed7ad09b2f54f31ec7a7df01—
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/hexpm/hexpm/security/advisories/GHSA-jp8w-gxf6-8hcr
- cna.erlef.orgEEF CNA record for CVE-2026-23940https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-23940.html
- osv.devOSV record EEF-CVE-2026-23940https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-23940
- github.comIntroducing commit 82911da in hexpm/hexpmhttps://github.com/hexpm/hexpm/commit/82911daf5f8fb2ab44f298e3ba22b90bc1ae3746
- github.comFix commit 495f016 in hexpm/hexpmhttps://github.com/hexpm/hexpm/commit/495f01607d3eae4aed7ad09b2f54f31ec7a7df01