hackage.haskell.org. HTML and JavaScript files provided in source
packages or via the documentation upload facility were served
as-is on the main hackage.haskell.org domain. As a consequence,
when a user with latent HTTP credentials browses to the package
pages or documentation uploaded by a malicious package maintainer,
their session can be hijacked to upload packages or
documentation, amend maintainers or other package metadata, or
perform any other action the user is authorised to do.
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Affected Vendors & Products
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Solution
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Workaround
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| https://osv.dev/vulnerability/HSEC-2024-0004 |
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| Description | A critical XSS vulnerability affected hackage-server and hackage.haskell.org. HTML and JavaScript files provided in source packages or via the documentation upload facility were served as-is on the main hackage.haskell.org domain. As a consequence, when a user with latent HTTP credentials browses to the package pages or documentation uploaded by a malicious package maintainer, their session can be hijacked to upload packages or documentation, amend maintainers or other package metadata, or perform any other action the user is authorised to do. | |
| Title | Hackage package and doc upload stored XSS vulnerability | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-79 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat-cnalr
Published:
Updated: 2026-04-23T16:22:27.341Z
Reserved: 2026-04-13T15:23:17.067Z
Link: CVE-2026-40470
Updated: 2026-04-23T16:19:49.844Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-04-23T16:16:25.523
Modified: 2026-04-23T16:16:25.523
Link: CVE-2026-40470
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