Low severity · published Sep 22, 2026
CVE-2026-86698
Refresh tokens accepted as private repository credentials at the CDN
2.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HE
hexpm · hexpm
2025-10-10 before 2026-09-22; 650faa03af511e74c1b3b49ec12d35666b6984c4 before db58cf3a86c7639708ef52ff86de0b4f938e6360 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86698
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-86698
cna.erlef.org
https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-86698.html
github.com
https://github.com/hexpm/hexpm/commit/650faa03af511e74c1b3b49ec12d35666b6984c4
github.com
https://github.com/hexpm/hexpm/commit/db58cf3a86c7639708ef52ff86de0b4f938e6360
github.com
https://github.com/hexpm/hexpm/security/advisories/GHSA-vmw7-7g2w-gw2f
osv.dev
https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-86698
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