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"cveId": "CVE-2026-94201",
"assignerOrgId": "6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db",
"state": "PUBLISHED",
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"dateReserved": "2026-09-24T09:15:02.216Z",
"datePublished": "2026-10-05T19:19:51.326Z",
"dateUpdated": "2026-10-06T13:41:22.142Z"
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"value": "<p>Reachable only when an application exposes a public, filterable <code>:atom</code> attribute declared with the <code>unsafe_to_atom?: true</code> constraint, and an actor can supply filter values for it (for example through AshGraphql, AshJsonApi, or <code>Ash.Query.filter_input/2</code>). AshPaperTrail's version resources ship such an attribute (<code>version_action_name</code>) by default.</p>"
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"value": "Reachable only when an application exposes a public, filterable `:atom` attribute declared with the `unsafe_to_atom?: true` constraint, and an actor can supply filter values for it (for example through AshGraphql, AshJsonApi, or `Ash.Query.filter_input/2`). AshPaperTrail's version resources ship such an attribute (`version_action_name`) by default."
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"value": "Reachable only when an application exposes a public, filterable :atom attribute declared with the unsafe_to_atom?: true constraint, and an actor can supply filter values for it (for example through AshGraphql, AshJsonApi, or Ash.Query.filter_input/2). AshPaperTrail's version resources ship such an attribute (version_action_name) by default."
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"lang": "en",
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"value": "Quinn Wilton"
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{
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{
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"type": "remediation developer",
"value": "Zach Daniel / Ash Project"
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{
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"value": "<p>Ash stores <code>:atom</code>-typed attributes as strings and compares them as strings. When such an attribute is referenced in a filter, the comparison value is coerced through <code>Ash.Type.Atom</code>. Because the type defined no <code>coerce/2</code> callback, coercion fell back to the default (<code>cast_input/2</code>), which calls <code>String.to_atom/1</code> when the attribute is configured with the <code>unsafe_to_atom?: true</code> constraint.</p>\n<p>Filtering such an attribute with attacker-controlled strings therefore interned a new, permanent atom for every distinct value. Atoms are never garbage collected and the BEAM caps the atom table, so an actor who can supply filter values for a public, filterable <code>:atom</code> attribute declared with <code>unsafe_to_atom?: true</code> can exhaust the atom table and crash the node (denial of service). AshPaperTrail is a notable example: its version resources expose a public, filterable <code>version_action_name</code> atom attribute with <code>unsafe_to_atom?: true</code> by default.</p>\n<p>The fix adds a <code>coerce/2</code> to <code>Ash.Type.Atom</code> that never interns atoms — a comparison value is left as a string, since the type is stored and compared as a string. Setting the attribute from action input (<code>cast_input/2</code>, which still honors <code>unsafe_to_atom?</code>) is unchanged.</p>\n<p>This issue affects ash: from 3.5.1 before 3.34.3.</p>"
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"base64": false,
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}
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