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ash_graphql EUVDEUVD-2026-68287

| CVE-2026-80223 HIGH
Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)
2026-08-30 EEF
7.1
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: EEF
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate as tenant-A user
  2. Delivery
    Subscribe to GraphQL resource subscription
  3. Exploit
    Await tenant-B notification routed by pub-sub
  4. Execution
    In-memory policy fast path passes without tenant check
  5. Impact
    Receive tenant-B record data over WebSocket

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization logic validation
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

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Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires three concurrent conditions: (1) the target application uses ash_graphql 1.4.0-1.10.x with multitenancy enabled on at least one Ash resource, (2) that resource exposes a GraphQL subscription endpoint, and (3) the attacker holds a valid authenticated session in any tenant of that application (PR:L). Exploitation is limited to cross-tenant data leakage via the subscription channel - read-only confidentiality impact - and does not extend to mutation or availability. Single-tenant deployments are not affected because the tenant mismatch condition never arises. The vulnerability does not require elevated privileges beyond a normal subscriber role, nor does it require any non-default configuration beyond multitenancy and subscriptions both being active, which is a standard production setup for this library.

Impact

The CVSS 4.0 score of 7.1 with vector AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H reflects the real-world risk well: network-accessible, low complexity, requires only a valid authenticated session, and results in high confidentiality loss. Exploitation is limited to deployments that both use multi-tenancy and expose GraphQL subscriptions, which is not universal among ash_graphql users but is the primary design target of the library. No CISA KEV listing and no public POC code have been identified, reducing the urgency somewhat for non-internet-exposed or single-tenant deployments. The CVSS does not overstate the threat - the confidentiality impact is genuine and the attack complexity is low for any authenticated user. The absence of integrity or availability impact is accurate: the flaw is purely a data-leak side channel. The key limiting factor is that ash_graphql itself is niche, reducing the aggregate exposed population.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker with a valid account in tenant A of a multi-tenant SaaS application built on ash_graphql creates a GraphQL subscription for a resource type that also exists in tenant B. When a tenant B record matching the resource type is created or updated, the Absinthe subscription pub-sub routes the notification to all matching subscribers; the in-memory fast-path authorization in the resolver evaluates as permitted because the policy filter contains no tenant predicate, and the tenant B record is emitted to the tenant A subscriber's WebSocket connection. No public exploit code has been identified for this vulnerability.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAI

Cross-tenant data disclosure in ash_graphql affects authenticated subscribers in multi-tenant deployments running versions 1.4.0 through 1.10.x. The subscription resolver's in-memory authorization fast path evaluates read policy filters without any tenant condition, allowing a subscriber scoped to tenant A to receive GraphQL subscription notifications carrying tenant B's records. The single-notification code path had no tenant guard at all, and the batched path checked tenant only on the list head, leaving all subsequent entries to authorize purely in memory without tenancy enforcement. No public exploit code exists and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV, but the impact is high confidentiality loss for any multi-tenant SaaS product built on this stack.

RemediationAI

Upgrade ash_graphql to version 1.11.0 or later, which introduces tenant-guard clauses in the subscription resolver: a new function clause with a pattern-match guard rejects single notifications from mismatched tenants before any in-memory policy evaluation, and a new reject_other_tenant_notifications/2 helper filters all non-head entries in batched notification lists by tenant. The fix commit is available at https://github.com/ash-project/ash_graphql/commit/6e30b8b5a04bdeaed5d7514caa6b2d056d8d993e and the full advisory at https://github.com/ash-project/ash_graphql/security/advisories/GHSA-rcqc-59g2-gjg2. If an immediate upgrade is not possible, a compensating control is to disable GraphQL subscriptions entirely for the affected application - this eliminates the vulnerable code path at the cost of losing real-time subscription functionality. There is no known configuration-only workaround that preserves subscriptions while blocking cross-tenant leakage in the affected versions.

Affected VersionsENISA

ash_graphql 1.4.0 <1.11.0
ash_graphql 4c377e541a2adb6befc651f3dccc6a797bc58ba9 <6e30b8b5a04bdeaed5d7514caa6b2d056d8d993e

Affected Packages

euvd ash_graphql fix: 1.11.0

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

ash_graphql (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:ash-project:ash_graphql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) is an Elixir library that wires the Ash resource framework to an Absinthe/GraphQL API, including real-time GraphQL subscriptions. Ash enforces multitenancy by prefixing data-layer queries at query-build time, meaning the tenant scoping lives in the SQL query or data-layer prefix, not inside the resource's read policy filter expression. The subscription resolver in AshGraphql.Graphql.Resolver uses a fast authorization path: it calls Ash.can/3 with run_queries?: false, which evaluates the policy filter against the in-memory notification payload using Ash.Expr.eval/2 and never issues a database query. Because the evaluated policy carries no tenant predicate, it cannot detect that the notification originated from a different tenant. CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization) is the root cause: the authorization check is structurally incomplete - it evaluates access control but omits the tenancy dimension entirely.

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Severity by source

Vendor (EEF) PRIMARY 7.1 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 7.7 HIGH

Network-reachable subscription requires only authenticated session (PR:L); scope changes because tenant-A session accesses tenant-B data boundary; no integrity or availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (EEF).

CVSS VectorVendor: EEF

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
High
Vulnerable system: Integrity
None
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in ash-project ash_graphql allows an authenticated subscriber in one tenant to receive another tenant's records over GraphQL subscriptions.

The subscription resolver in AshGraphql.Graphql.Resolver authorizes each notification payload in memory: its fast path calls Ash.can/3 with run_queries?: false, which evaluates the read policy filter against the in-memory record via Ash.Expr.eval/2 and never issues a query. Ash applies multitenancy at query-build and data-layer-prefix time, not inside query.filter, so the evaluated policy carries no tenant condition and a tenant-B notification routed to a tenant-A subscriber is emitted whenever the policy filter is true. The single-notification clause has no tenant guard at all, and the batched clause checks only the head of the notification list, so non-head entries authorize purely in memory. A tenant-scoped read is reached only when filter evaluation fails.

This issue affects ash_graphql: from 1.4.0 before 1.11.0.

Technical POC Analysis

CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization).

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Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 84% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche Elixir/Ash framework library, limited production footprint
Data Quality
7 sources
Confidence: High
EUVD NVD CVE.org EPSS Vulnrichment GitHub VulDB

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
Poc
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

36
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +36
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

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