Authorization bypass via dropped exists/2 predicate
Published Aug 30, 2026 · Updated Aug 30, 2026
Incorrect authorization in AshSql 0.4.1 through 0.7.0 allows local users to bypass data-scoping and policy checks via exists/2 filters. AshSql.Join.related_query/3 omits the caller-supplied predicate, and limit_from_many/5 emits a bare correlated EXISTS when a limited relationship contains a parent-referencing filter or sort. Exploitation requires that relationship configuration; the resulting query matches any related row and can pass a policy after its actor-scoping condition disappears.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect authorization in AshSql 0.4.1 through 0.7.0 allows local users to bypass data-scoping and policy checks via exists/2 filters. AshSql.Join.related_query/3 omits the caller-supplied predicate, and limit_from_many/5 emits a bare correlated EXISTS when a limited relationship contains a parent-referencing filter or sort. Exploitation requires that relationship configuration; the resulting query matches any related row and can pass a policy after its actor-scoping condition disappears.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-77454
- Published
- Aug 30, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 30, 2026
- Vendor
- Ash Framework
- Product
- AshSql
- Classifications
- CWE-863, CAPEC-1
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 30, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 30, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0.4.1 <0.7.1
- Affected versionversion=e26a63b29bd7501505fafd726f14262cdc3b6629 <865fdd4e5e70724a23b19c048e6768c31d2209ab
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