PT-2026-45756 · Gleam · Gleam

Louis Pilfold · Published 2026-06-02 · Updated 2026-06-02 · CVE-2026-42795

Mitre

CVSS v4.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Symlink following vulnerability in Gleam's Hex package export allows files outside the project root to be embedded in the generated package tarball.

The file collection helpers (gleam files, native files, private files) in compiler-cli/src/fs.rs use follow links(true) when walking publishable directories such as src/ and priv/. The collected paths are added to the package archive via add path to tar in compiler-cli/src/publish.rs without verifying that the resolved target remains within the project root. A symlink placed under a publishable directory will cause gleam export hex-tarball or gleam publish to embed the contents of the symlink target into the generated Hex package.

An attacker with write access to the project repository can place a symlink in src/ or priv/ pointing to an arbitrary file. When a maintainer or CI pipeline runs gleam publish or gleam export hex-tarball, local files readable by the publisher (such as secrets, tokens, or SSH keys) are silently embedded into the published package artifact.

This issue affects Gleam from 0.10.0-rc1 until 1.17.0.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-42795

Affected Products

Gleam

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42795 · Security Note
• https://github.com/gleam-lang/gleam/security/advisories/GHSA-qhh5-fg4c-8gqc · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/gleam-lang/gleam/commit/6435a5528b9ae0449e2f32be579641ec485f6866 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-42795 · Note
• https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-42795.html · Note