Medium severity · published Jun 9, 2026
CVE-2026-49762
Unbounded integer parsing in the Version module enables CPU and memory exhaustion denial of service
5.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the Elixir standard library's Version module allows an attacker who controls a version string to cause a denial of service through CPU and memory exhaustion.
The version parser converts numeric version components (major, minor, patch and numeric pre-release/build identifiers) to integers without bounding their length. A single large all-digit component therefore forces a super-linear, non-yielding base-10 to arbitrary-precision integer conversion (String.to_integer/1, i.e. :erlang.binary_to_integer/1) that pins a BEAM scheduler, and a larger component raises an uncaught SystemLimitError that crashes the calling process. A single moderately sized string (around one megabyte) is enough; no authentication is required.
This is reachable from the public entry points Version.parse/1, Version.parse!/1, Version.match?/3, Version.compare/2, and Version.parse_requirement/1, which applications routinely call on untrusted input such as HTTP parameters, dependency-manifest fields, and package metadata.
This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/version.ex and program routines 'Elixir.Version.Parser':parse_digits/2.
This issue affects elixir: from 0.9.3 before 1.20.1.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 4% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
elixir · elixir-lang
0.9.3 before 1.20.1; 057691722eb8cfe315f5606358954a2b173ff7a3 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-49762
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-49762
related
https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/security/advisories/GHSA-w2h8-8x3g-278p
related
https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-49762.html
related
https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-49762
related
https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/commit/057691722eb8cfe315f5606358954a2b173ff7a3
patch
https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/commit/c64417d72fd5c7d09e963ca3ac5fa2b140978d9e
patch
https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/commit/64e6707233464c3e55a9ca6b44019aed25b0390a
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