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EEF-CVE-2026-85500 CVE-2026-85500 GHSA-fc47-6pgw-wh22

`require_confirmed_with` is not enforced on the action and fails open on an unreadable attribute in AshAuthentication

Not rated yet Hex
Severity
0.0 / 10
Unknown · CVSS 4.0
Exploit chance (EPSS)
0.77%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 55.59% of scored vulnerabilities.
Known exploited
No
Not in CISA's catalog
Weakness
CWE-305 Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness
Fix
5.0.0-rc.14
Upgrade ash_authentication to this version or later

Description

Summary

Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness vulnerability in team-alembic AshAuthentication allows an unconfirmed user to obtain a session, defeating a mandatory email confirmation requirement.

AshAuthentication.Strategy.Password.Actions.check_user/2 decides whether the attribute named by require_confirmed_with is set using a bare is_nil(Map.get(user, value)). When that attribute is not selected on the loaded record Map.get/2 returns %Ash.NotLoaded{}, and when a field policy denies it for the current actor it returns %Ash.ForbiddenField{}. Neither is nil, so the rejection branch is skipped and sign-i

require_confirmed_with is enforced in two places, and neither holds in every configuration. sign_in_with_token and register are checked only inside AshAuthentication.Strategy.Password.Actions, not on the action itself, so any caller that invokes the action directly skips the check. An API layer such as AshGraphql or AshJsonApi invokes the action directly, so this applies to the default configuration. Where a check does run it compares the confirmation attribute against nil. That attribute holds %Ash.NotLoaded{} or %Ash.ForbiddenField{} when it sets select_by_default?: false, when an API layer narrows the read's select, or when a field policy hides it from the sign-in actor. Neither struct is nil, so those configurations read every user as confirmed.

This issue affects ash_authentication: from 4.3.8 before 4.15.0 and from 5.0.0-rc.0 before 5.0.0-rc.14.

Affected versions

Hex

PackageVulnerableFixed in
ash_authentication
>= 4.3.8, < 4.15.0
>= 5.0.0-rc.0, < 5.0.0-rc.14
4.15.0
5.0.0-rc.14

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.14

mix
{:ash_authentication, "~> 5.0.0-rc.14"} # then: mix deps.update ash_authentication

Severity breakdown

CVSS 4.0 0.0

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

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

Weakness

CWE-305: Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness

The authentication algorithm is sound, but the implemented mechanism can be bypassed as the result of a separate weakness that is primary to the authentication error.

References

Timeline

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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-2026-86533
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
EEF-CVE-2026-78223
Token revocation record built from unverified JWT claims in AshAuthentication
Not rated yet Also affects ash_authentication

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

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