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CVE-2019-1000013

HIGH

CVE-2019-1000013 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) CWE-345 vulnerability in hex_core. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2019-1000013 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.

Hex authenticity of signed packages not validated

Also known asGHSA-q3cc-rr2c-87r6
Published
Feb 4, 2019
Updated
Jul 8, 2026
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed

Blast Radius

1 pkg affected
💧hex_core

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Hex packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

Hex package manager hex_core version 0.3.0 and earlier contains a Signing oracle vulnerability in Package registry verification that can result in Package modifications not detected, allowing code execution. This attack appears to be exploitable via victim fetches packages from malicious/compromised mirror. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 0.4.0.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
💧Hexhex_coreall versions0.4.0

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for hex_core. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  2. Fix

    Update hex_core to 0.4.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2019-1000013 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2019-1000013 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to CVE-2019-1000013. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Hex package manager hex_core version 0.3.0 and earlier contains a Signing oracle vulnerability in Package registry verification that can result in Package modifications not detected, allowing code execution. This attack appears to be exploitable via victim fetches packages from malicious/compromised mirror. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 0.4.0.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is CVE-2019-1000013 in your dependencies?

O3 detects CVE-2019-1000013 across Hex dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.