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EEF-CVE-2026-82723 CVE-2026-82723 GHSA-59wx-q3r8-ghv4

Actor record with password digest stored in AshAuthentication audit log entries

Not rated yet Hex
Severity
0.0 / 10
Unknown · CVSS 4.0
Exploit chance (EPSS)
0.18%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 7.65% of scored vulnerabilities.
Known exploited
No
Not in CISA's catalog
Weakness
CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Fix
5.0.0-rc.2
Upgrade ash_authentication to this version or later

Description

Summary

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File vulnerability in team-alembic AshAuthentication allows disclosure of user password digests to readers of the audit store.

The audit_log add-on builds each entry's extra_data in AshAuthentication.AddOn.AuditLog.Auditor.build_extra_data/4, which takes :actor from the action callback context verbatim. Any audited action invoked with actor: set to a user record therefore deposits that record, including its hashed_password attribute, into the audit entry. The same module already collapses the audited identity to an opaque string via AshAuthentication.user_to_subject/1 and filters params against the strategy's configured allow-list, so the actor is the only stored value that reaches the audit store unfiltered. Marking the attribute sensitive?: true does not help, because that redacts inspect/1 output rather than JSON encoding or raw-term storage.

There is no attacker-controlled trigger and no network disclosure path: entries accumulate from ordinary authenticated activity, and an attacker's own requests deposit only their own digest. Exploitation requires independent read access to the audit store, such as database credentials, an audit role, a backup, or a log shipper, at which point the digests support offline password attack against every active account. Whether the material persists depends on the data layer, since raw-term stores keep it verbatim while a SQL store raises Protocol.UndefinedError and drops the entry unless the user resource derives Jason.Encoder.

This issue affects ash_authentication: from 4.12.0 before 4.15.0 and from 5.0.0-rc.0 before 5.0.0-rc.2.

Affected versions

Hex

PackageVulnerableFixed in
ash_authentication
>= 4.12.0, < 4.15.0
>= 5.0.0-rc.0, < 5.0.0-rc.2
4.15.0
5.0.0-rc.2

How to fix

Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.

ash_authentication Hex → 5.0.0-rc.2

mix
{:ash_authentication, "~> 5.0.0-rc.2"} # then: mix deps.update ash_authentication

Severity breakdown

CVSS 4.0 0.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
High
Attack requirements
Present
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality (vulnerable system)
Low
Integrity (vulnerable system)
None
Availability (vulnerable system)
None
Confidentiality (subsequent systems)
None
Integrity (subsequent systems)
None
Availability (subsequent systems)
None

Weakness

CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

The product writes sensitive information to a log file.

How to prevent it
  • Architecture and Design, Implementation: Consider seriously the sensitivity of the information written into log files. Do not write secrets into the log files.
  • Distribution: Remove debug log files before deploying the application into production.
  • Operation: Protect log files against unauthorized read/write.
  • Implementation: Adjust configurations appropriately when software is transitioned from a debug state to production.

References

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. Last updated by the source
  3. Latest EPSS score
AdvisorySeverityWhy it's related
EEF-CVE-2026-86688
Session id is not renewed on authentication in ash_authentication, allowing session fixation
Not rated yet Also affects ash_authentication
EEF-CVE-2026-76949
Remember-me sign-in guard reads a session key that is never written in ash_authentication, allowing session replacement
Not rated yet Also affects ash_authentication
EEF-CVE-2026-91039
dynamic_oidc identities are not namespaced by connection in ash_authentication, allowing cross-connection account takeover
Not rated yet Also affects ash_authentication
EEF-CVE-2026-88952
OAuth2 sign-in attached to an existing account without an email comparison in AshAuthentication
Not rated yet Also affects ash_authentication
EEF-CVE-2026-85500
`require_confirmed_with` is not enforced on the action and fails open on an unreadable attribute in AshAuthentication
Not rated yet Also affects ash_authentication
EEF-CVE-2026-86533
Revoked session accepted because the session jti is never checked in AshAuthentication and AshAuthentication Phoenix
Not rated yet Also affects ash_authentication
EEF-CVE-2026-81632
Single-use sign-in token placed in a redirect query string in AshAuthenticationPhoenix
Not rated yet Also affects ash_authentication
EEF-CVE-2026-80218
Sign-in token minted for one resource accepted by another in AshAuthentication
Not rated yet Also affects ash_authentication

Credits: James Harton, Jonatan Männchen / EEF, Peter Ullrich

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