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TI-2024-33223 Aliases CVE-2024-49756GHSA-hf59-7rwq-785m

AshPostgres empty, atomic, non-bulk actions, policy bypass for side-effects vulnerability.

Priority MEDIUM 63CWE-552Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-552.

Summary

AshPostgres is the PostgreSQL data layer for Ash Framework. Starting in version 2.0.0 and prior to version 2.4.10, in certain very specific situations, it was possible for the policies of an update action to be skipped. This occurred only on "empty" update actions (no changing fields), and would allow their hooks (side effects) to be performed when they should not have been. Note that this does not allow reading new data that the user should not have had access to, only triggering a side effect a user should not have been able to trigger. To be vulnerable, an affected user must have an update action that is on a resource with no attributes containing an "update default" (updated_at timestamp, for example); can be performed atomically; does not have `require_atomic? false`; has at least one authorizer (typically `Ash.Policy.Authorizer`); and has at least one `change` (on the resource's `changes` block or in the action itself). This is where the side-effects would be performed when they should not have been. This problem has been patched in `2.4.10` of `ash_postgres`. Several workarounds are available. Potentially affected users may determine that none of their actions are vulnerable using a script the maintainers provide in the GitHub Security Advisory, add `require_atomic? false` to any potentially affected update action, replace any usage of `Ash.update` with `Ash.bulk_update` for an affected action, and/or add an update timestamp to their action.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00512 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed ash_postgres (ash-project): 2.4.10ash_postgres (Hex): 2.4.10

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ash-projectash_postgres2.0.0 to before 2.4.102.4.10Patch availableCNA
—ash_postgres (Hex)2.0.0 to before 2.4.102.4.10Patch availableGHSA-hf59-7rwq-785m
  • ash_postgres Vendorash-project Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.4.10 Fixed in 2.4.10 Patch available CNA
  • ash_postgres (Hex) Vendor— Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.4.10 Fixed in 2.4.10 Patch available GHSA-hf59-7rwq-785m

CPE names CISA-ADP · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ash_framework:ashpostgres:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*———
  • cpe:2.3:a:ash_framework:ashpostgres:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·—

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA ash_postgres (ash-project) Fixed in 2.4.10
  • Fix · GHSA-hf59-7rwq-785m ash_postgres (Hex) Fixed in 2.4.10 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-49756
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hf59-7rwq-785m

References

  • TI-2026-56298 Query-complexity limit bypass via first/last pagination arguments in AshGraphql enables denial of service CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-52572 Unbounded atom creation from client-supplied RPC field names in AshTypescript field formatter CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-57010 Path traversal in AshAdmin file uploads via unsanitized client filename CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
  • TI-2026-26840 Ash Framework: Ash.Type.Module.cast_input/2 atom exhaustion via unchecked Module.concat allows BEAM VM crash CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2026-54252 EEx template evaluation of prompt content in AshAi enables remote code execution CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.9
  • TI-2026-54208 Stored XSS in AshAdmin relationship typeahead via unescaped label_field content CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
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Sources