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CVE-2026-21619 (GCVE-0-2026-21619)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-02-27 17:57 – Updated: 2026-02-27 19:08
VLAI?
Title
Unsafe Deserialization of Erlang Terms in hex_core
Summary
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption, Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in hexpm hex_core (hex_api modules), hexpm hex (mix_hex_api modules), erlang rebar3 (r3_hex_api modules) allows Object Injection, Excessive Allocation. This vulnerability is associated with program files src/hex_api.erl, src/mix_hex_api.erl, apps/rebar/src/vendored/r3_hex_api.erl and program routines hex_core:request/4, mix_hex_api:request/4, r3_hex_api:request/4.
This issue affects hex_core: from 0.1.0 before 0.12.1; hex: from 2.3.0 before 2.3.2; rebar3: from 3.9.1 before 3.27.0.
Severity ?
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hexpm | hex_core |
Affected:
eb327f8edfe45507351e38cc0805aa12fa647f0b , < cdf726095bca85ad2549d146df1e831ae93c2b13
(git)
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Credits
Michael Lubas / Paraxial.ia
Jonatan Männchen / EEF
Eric Meadows-Jönsson / Hex.pm
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CVE-2026-21619 (GCVE-0-2026-21619)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-27 17:57 – Updated: 2026-02-27 19:08
VLAI?
Title
Unsafe Deserialization of Erlang Terms in hex_core
Summary
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption, Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in hexpm hex_core (hex_api modules), hexpm hex (mix_hex_api modules), erlang rebar3 (r3_hex_api modules) allows Object Injection, Excessive Allocation. This vulnerability is associated with program files src/hex_api.erl, src/mix_hex_api.erl, apps/rebar/src/vendored/r3_hex_api.erl and program routines hex_core:request/4, mix_hex_api:request/4, r3_hex_api:request/4.
This issue affects hex_core: from 0.1.0 before 0.12.1; hex: from 2.3.0 before 2.3.2; rebar3: from 3.9.1 before 3.27.0.
Severity ?
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hexpm | hex_core |
Affected:
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(git)
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Jonatan Männchen / EEF
Eric Meadows-Jönsson / Hex.pm
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