CVE-2026-23939
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in hexpm hexpm/hexpm ('Elixir.Hexpm.Store.Local' module) allows Relative P…
Published Feb 26, 2026 · updated Jun 17, 2026 · hex hexpm
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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Feb 26, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
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.S
Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
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.S
Affected
- cpe hex/hexpmversion unspecified
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-23939
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-23939
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
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