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Add hex security post (#597)
* Add hex post img * Add hex security post * Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: Jonatan Männchen <[email protected]> * fix --------- Co-authored-by: Jonatan Männchen <[email protected]>
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"title": "Hex.pm Security Audit: Results and Next Steps",
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"authors": ["Marketing"],
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"slug": "hex-security-audit",
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"category": "security",
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"tags": ["security", "aegis"],
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"datetime": "2026-04-16T03:37:12.810583Z"
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The Erlang Ecosystem Foundation, in collaboration with Alpha-Omega, has completed the first comprehensive third-party security audit of the Hex.pm and its surrounding ecosystem. This work is part of the ongoing efforts to strengthen security across the BEAM ecosystem under the Ægis initiative.
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<img src="/images/posts/hex.jpg" class="img-fluid" alt="hex"/>
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The Erlang Ecosystem Foundation, in collaboration with Alpha-Omega, has completed the first comprehensive third-party security audit of the Hex.pm and its surrounding ecosystem. This work is part of the ongoing efforts to strengthen security across the BEAM ecosystem under the Ægis initiative.
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Hex is critical infrastructure for the BEAM ecosystem. It underpins package distribution for Erlang, Elixir, and Gleam, and is used in production systems across thousands of organizations.
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Across both audits, a number of issues were identified, ranging from high severity vulnerabilities to low-severity hardening gaps.
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The team has already addressed several findings, and they continue to work on remediation to further enhance the security posture of Hex.pm and its related tools.
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We encourage the community to explore the full results and next steps: [Read more](https://hex.pm/blog/security-audit "read more").

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