Description
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in hexpm hexpm/hexpm allows Excessive Allocation. Publishing an oversized package can cause Hex.pm to run out of memory while extracting the uploaded package tarball. This can terminate the affected application instance and result in a denial of service for package publishing and potentially other package-processing functionality. This issue affects hex.pm: before 2026-03-10.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
hexpm hexpm
Default version status: unaffected
0 to < 2026-03-10affected
hexpm hexpm
Default version status: unaffected
82911daf5f8fb2ab44f298e3ba22b90bc1ae3746 to < 495f01607d3eae4aed7ad09b2f54f31ec7a7df01affected
pkg:github/hexpm/hexpmReferences
- https://github.com/hexpm/hexpm/security/advisories/GHSA-jp8w-gxf6-8hcr ↗
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-23940.html ↗
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-23940 ↗
- https://github.com/hexpm/hexpm/commit/82911daf5f8fb2ab44f298e3ba22b90bc1ae3746 ↗
- https://github.com/hexpm/hexpm/commit/495f01607d3eae4aed7ad09b2f54f31ec7a7df01 ↗