High severity · published Aug 24, 2026
CVE-2026-75542
OAuth token exchange grants repository scopes for organizations the principal cannot access
8.3
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in the OAuth token endpoint in hexpm hexpm allows an API key holding the repositories permission to read another organization's private packages. When an API key is exchanged for a token through the OAuth client_credentials grant, validate_scopes_against_key/2 in lib/hexpm_web/controllers/api/oauth_controller.ex admits a requested scope whenever the key carries the repositories permission and the scope string begins with repository:. The organization name is never resolved against the principal, and expand_repositories_scope/3 only rewrites the literal repositories scope, so an explicit repository:<name> passes through untouched. Both CDN edges authorize repository access from the token claim without querying the database, so the minted token is read access to that organization's private packages until it expires. This issue affects hex.pm: from 2025-10-18 before 2026-08-24.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HE
hexpm · hexpm
2025-10-18 before 2026-08-24; 71829cb6f6559bcceb1ef4e43a2fb8cdd3af654b before bf0fb9d208f0acfabf7a2f7467c8231659e322a8 · source: vendor
Affected product
HE
hexpm
hexpm
More from hexpm
9.8
CVE-2026-21622
Password Reset Tokens Do Not Expire
7.5
CVE-2026-23939
Path Traversal in Local File Store Backend
6.5
CVE-2026-23940
Denial of Service via Oversized Package Upload
6.1
CVE-2026-21618
Cross-site scripting (XSS) in OAuth Device Authorization screen
5.3
CVE-2026-21621
Improper Scope Enforcement in OAuth client_credentials Flow Allows Read-Only API Key to Escalate to Full Access