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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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CVE-2026-21619 Detail

Description

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  EEF
CVSS-B 2.0 LOW
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/erlang/rebar3/commit/1d4478f527e373de0b225951e53115450e0d9b9d EEF
https://github.com/hexpm/hex/commit/636739f3322514e9303ca335fb630696fcbb3c95 EEF
https://github.com/hexpm/hex_core/commit/cdf726095bca85ad2549d146df1e831ae93c2b13 EEF
https://github.com/hexpm/hex_core/security/advisories/GHSA-hx9w-f2w9-9g96 EEF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption EEF  
CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data EEF  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-21619
NVD Published Date:
02/27/2026
NVD Last Modified:
02/27/2026
Source:
EEF