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TI-2026-54401 Aliases CVE-2026-78216

AshLua eval read operations can read field-policy-protected fields via aggregates

Priority LOW 27CWE-1220Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

AshLua exposes Ash read actions to Lua scripts run through an eval action. A read call accepts an operation (list, min, max, first, sum, avg) that builds an ad-hoc Ash.Query.Aggregate over a named field and returns its raw value. Ash field policies redact forbidden fields on returned records (replacing them with %Ash.ForbiddenField{}), but that redaction does not apply to aggregate values. A script could therefore read a field the calling actor's field policies forbid by requesting it as an aggregate instead of as a field. This includes fields that are public? true but restricted per-actor by a field policy, such as sensitive PII. The prior hardening only enforced the exposed-field allow-list (field visibility), which is a separate axis from per-actor field-policy authorization. The fix authorizes the aggregated field against the resource's field policies, so aggregating over a field the actor may not see is refused or scoped to the rows where it is visible. This issue affects ash_lua: from 0.1.0 before 0.2.2.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00427 37th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed ash_lua (ash-project): 0.2.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
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-projectash_lua0.1.0 to before 0.2.20.2.2Patch availableCNA
  • ash_lua Vendorash-project Affected 0.1.0 to before 0.2.2 Fixed in 0.2.2 Patch available CNA

CPE names CNA · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ash-project:ash_lua:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*———
  • cpe:2.3:a:ash-project:ash_lua:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·—

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA ash_lua (ash-project) Fixed in 0.2.2

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-78216

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 3

  • 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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