CVE-2026-40471 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

hackage-server lacked Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection across its endpoints. Scripts on foreign sites could trigger requests to hackage server, possibly abusing latent credentials to upload packages or perform other administrative actions. Some unauthenticated actions could also be abused (e.g. creating new user accounts).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://osv.dev/vulnerability/HSEC-2026-0002

History

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		hackage-server lacked Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection across its endpoints. Scripts on foreign sites could trigger requests to hackage server, possibly abusing latent credentials to upload packages or perform other administrative actions. Some unauthenticated actions could also be abused (e.g. creating new user accounts).
Title		Hackage CSRF vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-352
References		https://osv.dev/vulnerability/HSEC-2026-0002
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat-cnalr

Published: 2026-04-23T14:56:34.979Z

Updated: 2026-04-23T16:22:12.118Z

Reserved: 2026-04-13T15:23:17.068Z

Link: CVE-2026-40471

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-23T16:19:14.233Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-23T16:16:25.640

Modified: 2026-04-23T16:16:25.640

Link: CVE-2026-40471

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-352

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