Description
Insufficient Session Expiration vulnerability in the OAuth token refresh grant in hexpm hexpm allows a user removed from an organization to keep reading its private packages.

expand_repositories_scope/3 in lib/hexpm/permissions.ex only rewrites the literal repositories scope, so an explicitly granted repository:<org> or docs:<org> scope passes through it untouched. The refresh grant re-derives a new token from the stored granted_scopes, which holds that expanded form, so every refresh reproduces the organization scope without revisiting membership. Because both CDN edges authorize repository access from the token claim without querying the database, an account removed from an organization retains read access for as long as it keeps refreshing, bounded by the 30 day refresh token lifetime rather than the 30 minute access token lifetime.

This issue affects hex.pm: from 2025-10-10 before 2026-08-24.
Published: 2026-08-24
Score: 2.3 Low
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Description Insufficient Session Expiration vulnerability in the OAuth token refresh grant in hexpm hexpm allows a user removed from an organization to keep reading its private packages. expand_repositories_scope/3 in lib/hexpm/permissions.ex only rewrites the literal repositories scope, so an explicitly granted repository:<org> or docs:<org> scope passes through it untouched. The refresh grant re-derives a new token from the stored granted_scopes, which holds that expanded form, so every refresh reproduces the organization scope without revisiting membership. Because both CDN edges authorize repository access from the token claim without querying the database, an account removed from an organization retains read access for as long as it keeps refreshing, bounded by the 30 day refresh token lifetime rather than the 30 minute access token lifetime. This issue affects hex.pm: from 2025-10-10 before 2026-08-24.
Title Explicit organization scopes survive token refresh after membership ends
First Time appeared Hexpm
Hexpm hexpm
Weaknesses CWE-613
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:hexpm:hexpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Hexpm
Hexpm hexpm
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: EEF

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-24T20:15:05.791Z

Reserved: 2026-08-18T06:00:02.163Z

Link: CVE-2026-75554

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-24T21:17:47.557

Modified: 2026-08-24T21:17:47.557

Link: CVE-2026-75554

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-613

    Insufficient Session Expiration