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.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Hackage-server	Hackage-server

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References

Link	Providers
https://www.spirityenterprise.com/pentest
https://www.spirityenterprise.com/mdr-for-endpoint
https://osv.dev/vulnerability/HSEC-2026-0002

History

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Hackage-server Hackage-server hackage-server
Vendors & Products		Hackage-server Hackage-server hackage-server

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'}`

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 : Awaiting Analysis

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

Modified: 2026-04-24T14:41:55.890

Link: CVE-2026-40471

Redhat

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