Description
Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Canonicalize vulnerability in ash-project ash lets an attacker store a case-insensitive string value that violates its length or match constraints.
Ash.Type.CiString.apply_constraints/2 (lib/ash/type/ci_string.ex) validated the max_length, min_length, and match constraints against the value as submitted, while the type case-folds the string (per its casing) for storage and comparison. Because validation ran before folding, an attacker can submit a value whose folded form breaks a constraint but whose original form passes: for example, against a match pattern requiring uppercase, an uppercase value that is stored lowercased persists a value the pattern rejects. The fix case-folds the value at the start of apply_constraints/2, so the constraints are checked against the form that is actually stored.
This issue affects ash: from 1.29.0-rc0 before 3.32.2.
Metrics
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ash-project | ash | >= 1.29.0-rc0, < 3.32.2 |
| ash-project | ash | >= f6f5d194bfc7802bd32e48bf2eabd2d97a0109a4, < d8320b0127c8ef453679d70e5dd23a9506951d21 |
References
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-82736.html
- https://github.com/ash-project/ash/commit/d8320b0127c8ef453679d70e5dd23a9506951d21
- https://github.com/ash-project/ash/security/advisories/GHSA-gg9w-7593-hxg9
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-82736
- https://github.com/ash-project/ash/security/advisories/GHSA-gg9w-7593-hxg9
Timeline
- Published
- Sep 1, 2026
- Last modified
- Sep 1, 2026
- NVD status
- Deferred