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).
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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
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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat-cnalr

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-40471

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-40471

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