CVE-2026-65634

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• https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-65634.html 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
• https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/0fe2c02fdc06fab1c63be9db1a7456993d20f838 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
• https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-qghx-23m5-r55m 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-65634 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
• https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#order-of-versions 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db

The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-65634.json.

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