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01 Record

CVE-2026-81856

Terminal escape sequence injection in Hex via unneutralized server-supplied output

LowPUBLISHEDCNA: EEF
CNA base score2.3 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

02 Description

Terminal escape sequence injection in Hex via unneutralized server-supplied output

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.
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
0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 33.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
2.3 (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:P/VC:N/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 15:46Z16 DAYS AGO
Last updated
2026-10-16 17:47Z12 DAYS AGO
Reserved
2026-08-31
Assigning CNA
EEF
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Low (CVSS 2.3)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-150Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control SequencesVariant
  • CWE-117Improper Output Neutralization for LogsBase
Data version
5.2
Document digest
5c73d23fda72cf2cb117bcbeab80c479117c8f69e70d44db17d7ccee46d5ffca

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
hexpmhex0.0.1 to < 2.5.2, 211303e3f68f5d3ce06450c1ff1a7a770a9ab236 to < dd3305ddf0032f6d0b468fd40dbbc3072bfcb8b8—

06 References

07 Remediation

Upgrade Hex to 2.5.2 or later, for example with mix local.hex. Hex then escapes terminal control characters in text from hex.pm and the registry before printing it, and rejects registry dependencies whose package or repository name isn't a valid name.

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.

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