Private action arguments can be set by user input in Ash
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-915.
Summary
Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes vulnerability in ash-project ash allows a user to set the value of a private action argument that is intended to be controlled only by trusted server-side code. Action arguments declared with public?: false are meant to be set internally (for example via Ash.Changeset.set_private_argument/3) and must not be settable from end-user input. When a changeset is built from a parameter map, Ash filters out private arguments, but the filtering is incomplete. In the regular changeset path (for_create, for_update, for_destroy), private arguments are stripped only when the parameter key is an atom. When the key is a binary (string), as is the case for user-supplied parameters, the private argument is kept and the user controls its value. In the atomic path (Ash.Changeset.fully_atomic_changeset/4, also reached through atomic and bulk updates), private arguments are not stripped at all, regardless of whether the key is an atom or a binary. An attacker who can submit parameters to an action that defines a private argument can therefore inject a value for that argument. Depending on how the application uses the argument (for example an acting_user_id driving authorization or record ownership), this can lead to an integrity violation or privilege escalation. This issue affects ash: from 3.0.0 before 3.29.3.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ash-project | ash | 3.0.0 to before 3.29.3 | 3.29.3 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | ash (Hex) | 3.0.0 to before 3.29.3 | 3.29.3 | Patch available | GHSA-f4hc-ppw9-4hhw |
- ash Vendorash-project Affected 3.0.0 to before 3.29.3 Fixed in 3.29.3 Patch available CNA
- ash (Hex) Vendor— Affected 3.0.0 to before 3.29.3 Fixed in 3.29.3 Patch available GHSA-f4hc-ppw9-4hhw
CPE names CNA · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:ash-project:ash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | — |
- cpe:2.3:a:ash-project:ash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·—
Remediation
- Fix · CNA ash (ash-project) Fixed in 3.29.3
- Fix · GHSA-f4hc-ppw9-4hhw ash (Hex) Fixed in 3.29.3 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-55736
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f4hc-ppw9-4hhw
References
Advisory 2
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- 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
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- TI-2026-54208 Stored XSS in AshAdmin relationship typeahead via unescaped label_field content CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-55736 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-55736 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f4hc-ppw9-4hhw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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