CVE-2026-96612: hexpm hex

Path traversal in Hex via unvalidated dependency app names

CVSS 7.5 HighEPSS 0.0044 · 38th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: EEF) at 12 Oct 2026, 15:39 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
hexpm	hex Package name: hex pkg:otp/hex?repository_url=https:%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fhexpm%2Fhex&vcs_url=repository_url=git%2Bhttps:%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fhexpm%2Fhex.git	affected 0.6.0 to before 2.5.2 semver Other versions: unaffected
hexpm	hex Package name: hexpm/hex https://github.com pkg:github/hexpm/hex	affected 380f87054e1bc08ee13d2b5311bc01f98dad2fc6 to before * git Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers

CVE-2026-96612

CNA

EEF

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-22

Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.5	High	4.0	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	CNA (EEF)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0044, the 38th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 12 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

github.com/hexpm/hex/security/advisories/GHSA-2vjj-c5hr-6xc3 relatedvendor-advisory
cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-96612.html related
osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-96612 related
github.com/hexpm/hex/commit/380f87054e1bc08ee13d2b5311bc01f98dad2fc6 related
github.com/hexpm/hex/commit/1b3e2ae8f0dd7273a2c2625b9e50b6c67c8568fb patch
github.com/hexpm/hex/commit/72279a8e2004b32b20d8767ff010c117193dd02c patch

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.