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CVE-2026-78216

MEDIUM · CVSS 6 EPSS 0.25% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS · Published 2026-09-08 · Last synced 2026-09-17

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The vulnerability allows Lua scripts to bypass field policies by accessing sensitive data through aggregate operations, potentially exposing restricted information such as personally identifiable information (PII). This could lead to unauthorized data exposure, particularly in applications using AshLua versions from 0.1.0 to before 0.2.2. Organizations utilizing these versions should prioritize patching to mitigate the risk of sensitive data leaks.

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CVE
CVE-2026-78216
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6
EPSS
0.25%

Original NVD Description

AshLua exposes Ash read actions to Lua scripts run through an eval action. A read call accepts an operation (list, min, max, first, sum, avg) that builds an ad-hoc Ash.Query.Aggregate over a named field and returns its raw value. Ash field policies redact forbidden fields on returned records (replacing them with %Ash.ForbiddenField{}), but that redaction does not apply to aggregate values. A script could therefore read a field the calling actor's field policies forbid by requesting it as an aggregate instead of as a field. This includes fields that are public? true but restricted per-actor by a field policy, such as sensitive PII. The prior hardening only enforced the exposed-field allow-list (field visibility), which is a separate axis from per-actor field-policy authorization. The fix authorizes the aggregated field against the resource's field policies, so aggregating over a field the actor may not see is refused or scoped to the rows where it is visible. This issue affects ash_lua: from 0.1.0 before 0.2.2.