Skip to content
OpenAdvisories
Low · 2.1 CVE-2026-70395 EEF-CVE-2026-70395EUVD-2026-54939GHSA-vvp6-3wv6-833j

Predicate injection in manage_relationship belongs_to lookup discloses secret lookup keys in Ash

Published Aug 9, 2026 · Updated Aug 10, 2026 · Assigned by EEF

Description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Data Query Logic vulnerability in ash-project ash allows an attacker to forge a relationship to a record they cannot name, and to recover the secret value used to look it up.

When manage_relationship is used with on_lookup: :relate on a belongs_to relationship, the client-supplied lookup value is passed to Ash.Query.filter/2 without being cast to the attribute type. A nested map submitted where a scalar is expected is therefore interpreted as a filter predicate rather than a literal, so a lookup for a specific record becomes a query for any record matching a condition. The same path omits Ash.Query.limit(1), leaving Ash.read_one/2 able to distinguish no match from one match from several, which turns comparison predicates into an oracle for the lookup value. Authorization is unaffected; the destination read policy still applies.

This issue affects ash: from 1.52.0-rc.11 before 3.31.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
ash-project ash 1.52.0-rc.11 – < 3.31.1 3.31.1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Hex ash >= 1.52.0-rc.11, < 3.31.1 3.31.1 EEF-CVE-2026-70395

References