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TI-2026-40234 Aliases CVE-2026-55736GHSA-f4hc-ppw9-4hhw

Private action arguments can be set by user input in Ash

Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-915Published · Updated

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

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00224 13th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed ash (ash-project): 3.29.3ash (Hex): 3.29.3

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ash-projectash3.0.0 to before 3.29.33.29.3Patch availableCNA
—ash (Hex)3.0.0 to before 3.29.33.29.3Patch availableGHSA-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

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
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

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-55736
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f4hc-ppw9-4hhw

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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