CVE-2025-48042

Before action hooks may execute in certain scenarios despite a request being forbidden

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: September 7, 2025 at 04:01 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 05:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAsh

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in ash-project ash allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/ash/actions/create/bulk.ex, lib/ash/actions/destroy/bulk.ex, lib/ash/actions/update/bulk.ex and program routines 'Elixir.Ash.Actions.Create.Bulk':run/5, 'Elixir.Ash.Actions.Destroy.Bulk':run/6, 'Elixir.Ash.Actions.Update.Bulk:run'/6. This issue affects ash: from pkg:hex/ash before pkg:hex/[email protected], before 3.5.39, before 5d1b6a5d00771fd468a509778637527b5218be9a.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

95%
All versions0.1.14c41344126b0aba09ec3085517000f8aefec299e
Vendor states this is fixed in 5d1b6a5d00771fd468a509778637527b5218be9a (fixed)
Affected range stops below 3.5.39, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.1HIGHEEF
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-863

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