CVE-2026-86698

Refresh tokens accepted as private repository credentials at the CDN

LOW
2.3
CVSS Score
Published: September 22, 2026 at 03:51 PM UTC
Updated: September 22, 2026 at 07:21 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorHexpm

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Severity
LOW2.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
PoC

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

2025-10-10 ≤ v < 2026-09-222025-10-10650faa03af511e74c1b3b49ec12d35666b6984c4
Vendor states this is fixed in db58cf3a86c7639708ef52ff86de0b4f938e6360 (fixed)
Affected range stops below 2026-09-22, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

2.3LOWEEF
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-613

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