High severity · published Feb 4, 2019
CVE-2019-1000012
Hex package manager version 0.14.0 through 0.18.2 contains a Signing oracle vulnerability in Package registry verification that can result in Package modifications not detected,…
8.8
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Hex package manager version 0.14.0 through 0.18.2 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 0.19.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HE
Hex · Hex
0.14.0 through 0.18.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1000012
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-1000012
Patch
https://github.com/hexpm/hex/pull/646
Patch
https://github.com/hexpm/hex/pull/651
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