CVE-2026-23939 (GCVE-0-2026-23939)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-02-26 19:41
Modified
2026-04-07 14:38
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Summary
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.
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hexpm hexpm Version: 931ee0ed46fa89218e0400a4f6e6d15f96406050
    cpe:2.3:a:hexpm:hexpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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