CVE-2026-23939

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in hexpm hexpm/hexpm ('Elixir.Hexpm.Store.Local' module) allows Relative Path Traversal. This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/hexpm/store/local.ex and program routines 'Elixir.Hexpm.Store.Local':get/3, 'Elixir.Hexpm.Store.Local':put/4, 'Elixir.Hexpm.Store.Local':delete/2, 'Elixir.Hexpm.Store.Local':delete_many/2. This issue does NOT affect hex.pm the service. Only self-hosted deployments using the Local Storage backend are affected. This issue affects hexpm: from 931ee0ed46fa89218e0400a4f6e6d15f96406050 before 5d2ccd2f14f45a63225a73fb5b1c937baf36fdc0.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/hexpm/hexpm/commit/5d2ccd2f14f45a63225a73fb5b1c937baf36fdc0	Patch
https://github.com/hexpm/hexpm/security/advisories/GHSA-42mv-r64p-4869	Mitigation Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:hex:hexpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-02-26 20:31

Updated : 2026-03-23 17:12

NVD link : CVE-2026-23939

Mitre link : CVE-2026-23939

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-23939

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Products Affected

hex

hexpm

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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