CVE-2026-40470
CRITICALHackage package and doc upload stored XSS vulnerability
Title source: cnaDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
9.9
EPSS
0.0031
EPSS Percentile
22.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Published
Apr 23, 2026
Tracked Since
Apr 23, 2026