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TI-2026-59264 Aliases CVE-2026-86698

Refresh tokens accepted as private repository credentials at the CDN

Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-613Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-613.

Summary

Insufficient Session Expiration vulnerability in OAuth token issuance in hexpm hexpm allows a user whose organization membership or session has ended to keep reading the organization's private packages and their documentation tarballs via a retained refresh token. generate_refresh_token/4 in lib/hexpm/oauth/jwt.ex signs the refresh token with the same iss, aud and scope claims as the access token, so it carries the same repository:<org> scopes. The CDN service that serves private repositories verifies the signature and time claims and then authorizes from the scope claim, with no database lookup and no way to tell the two token kinds apart. Removing a member or revoking a session therefore takes effect at the CDN only when the 30 day refresh token expires, instead of after the 30 minute access token lifetime. Access is read-only and limited to organizations the account belonged to when the token was granted. This issue affects hex.pm: from 2025-10-10 before 2026-09-22.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00427 37th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed hexpm (hexpm): 2026-09-22

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
hexpmhexpm2025-10-10 to before 2026-09-222026-09-22Patch availableCNA
  • hexpm Vendorhexpm Affected 2025-10-10 to before 2026-09-22 Fixed in 2026-09-22 Patch available CNA

CPE names CNA · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:hexpm:hexpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*———
  • cpe:2.3:a:hexpm:hexpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·—

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA hexpm (hexpm) Fixed in 2026-09-22

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-86698

References

  • TI-2026-24685 Lockfile checksums not verified in Hex allows dependency integrity bypass CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.9
  • TI-2026-52887 OAuth token exchange grants repository scopes for organizations the principal cannot access CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
  • TI-2026-17414 Password Reset Tokens Do Not Expire CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.5
  • TI-2026-52890 Explicit organization scopes survive token refresh after membership ends CVSS 4.0LOW 2.3
  • TI-2026-17410 Cross-site scripting (XSS) in OAuth Device Authorization screen CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2019-15830 Hex package manager hex_core version 0.3.0 and earlier contains a Signing oracle… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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