CVE-2026-96612

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.

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

0.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 38.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (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: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

Important. 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.

Published

2026-10-12 15:39Z16 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-10-16 17:41Z12 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-10-01

Assigning CNA

EEF

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

13659adb1bcce43695f74363fce7f040c02b72d34de8d5ec059f2a9ad8957da1

• github.comGitHub Advisoryhttps://github.com/hexpm/hex/security/advisories/GHSA-2vjj-c5hr-6xc3relatedvendor-advisory
• cna.erlef.orgEEF CNA record for CVE-2026-96612https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-96612.htmlrelated
• osv.devOSV record EEF-CVE-2026-96612https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-96612related
• github.comIntroducing commit 380f870 in hexpm/hexhttps://github.com/hexpm/hex/commit/380f87054e1bc08ee13d2b5311bc01f98dad2fc6related
• github.comFix commit 1b3e2ae in hexpm/hexhttps://github.com/hexpm/hex/commit/1b3e2ae8f0dd7273a2c2625b9e50b6c67c8568fbpatch
• github.comFix commit 72279a8 in hexpm/hexhttps://github.com/hexpm/hex/commit/72279a8e2004b32b20d8767ff010c117193dd02cpatch