The chart below shows the most common weaknesses found in vulnerabilities across the Erlang ecosystem. Understanding which weakness types recur most often helps library authors and application developers focus their security efforts where they matter most.

Each CVE is mapped to its CWE (Common Weakness Enumeration) using the MITRE CWE hierarchy. A slice's count includes every CVE reachable anywhere below it in the hierarchy, not just CVEs assigned that exact CWE — click a slice or legend row to drill into its direct children and see the same breakdown one level down.

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') CWE-59 CWE-59 at MITRE

The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.

CVEs

CVEs for Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') CWE-59

Summary Publication CVE ID Published
Symlink Following in Hex Package Export Allows Embedding Files Outside Project Root
pkg:sid/gleam.run/gleam
pkg:oci/gleam
CVE-2026-42795 2026-06-02
1 CVE