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NVD 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.
Priority
LOW
Exploitation
NONE
PoC
NONE
Patch
AVAILABLE
Momentum
NONE
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CVE-2026-23940 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in hexpm hexpm/hexpm allows Excessive Allocation. Publishing an oversized package can cause http://Hex.pm to run out of memor… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23940
Post summary
The entry announces CVE‑2026‑23940, describing it as an uncontrolled resource consumption flaw in Hex.pm that can lead to memory exhaustion when an oversized package is published.
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| Part | Vendor | Product | Version | Target SW | Target HW |
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