CVE-2026-49762
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.
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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.
CVSS
- Versión: 4.0
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- Puntuación base: 5.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.22%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 11
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
CWE
- CWE-400
Referencias
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-49762.html
- https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/commit/057691722eb8cfe315f5606358954a2b173ff7a3
- https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/commit/64e6707233464c3e55a9ca6b44019aed25b0390a
- https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/commit/c64417d72fd5c7d09e963ca3ac5fa2b140978d9e
- https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/security/advisories/GHSA-w2h8-8x3g-278p
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-49762
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"value": "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.\n\nThe 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.\n\nThis 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.\n\nThis vulnerability is associated with program files lib/version.ex and program routines 'Elixir.Version.Parser':parse_digits/2.\n\nThis issue affects elixir: from 0.9.3 before 1.20.1."
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"value": "Una vulnerabilidad de Consumo de Recursos No Controlado en el módulo Version de la biblioteca estándar de Elixir permite a un atacante que controla una cadena de versión causar una denegación de servicio a través del agotamiento de CPU y memoria.\n\nEl analizador de versiones convierte componentes numéricos de versión (mayor, menor, parche e identificadores numéricos de pre-lanzamiento/construcción) a enteros sin limitar su longitud. Un único componente grande de solo dígitos, por lo tanto, fuerza una conversión superlineal, no productiva, de base-10 a entero de precisión arbitraria (String.to_integer/1, es decir, :erlang.binary_to_integer/1) que fija un planificador BEAM, y un componente más grande genera un SystemLimitError no capturado que bloquea el proceso de llamada. Una única cadena de tamaño moderado (alrededor de un megabyte) es suficiente; no se requiere autenticación.\n\nEsto es accesible desde los puntos de entrada públicos Version.parse/1, Version.parse!/1, Version.match?/3, Version.compare/2, y Version.parse_requirement/1, que las aplicaciones llaman rutinariamente en entradas no confiables como parámetros HTTP, campos de manifiesto de dependencia y metadatos de paquete.\n\nEsta vulnerabilidad está asociada con los archivos de programa lib/version.ex y las rutinas de programa 'Elixir.Version.Parser':parse_digits/2.\n\nEste problema afecta a Elixir: desde 1.5.0 antes de 1.20.1."
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