hexpm/hex_core · Security

Hex authenticity of signed packages not validated

GHSA ID
GHSA-q3cc-rr2c-87r6
CVE ID
CVE-2019-1000013
Severity
high
Published
Updated
CVSS
8.8 · CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3
8.8 · CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Hex package manager hex_core version 0.3.0 and earlier contains a Signing oracle vulnerability in Package registry verification that can result in Package modifications not detected, allowing code execution. This attack appears to be exploitable via victim fetches packages from malicious/compromised mirror. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 0.4.0.

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