CVE-2026-78038

Job argument injection via :args overrides primary_key and tenant in AshOban

MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: August 30, 2026 at 11:50 AM UTC
Updated: September 1, 2026 at 09:31 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAshOban

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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes vulnerability in ash-project ash_oban allows a user whose input reaches the :args option of AshOban.build_trigger/3 to retarget an update or destroy trigger at another record, including across tenants. build_trigger/3 builds the trusted job arguments with atom keys (:primary_key, :tenant, :action_arguments) and merges the caller's :args underneath so the trusted values win on collision. Because Oban job arguments round-trip through JSON, the caller's keys arrive as strings, so Map.merge sees no collision and both keys survive. When the job is persisted the JSON object is de-duplicated keeping the last (string) key, and the worker reads the caller's value. The documentation describes :args as unable to affect the action, so an application that forwards user input into it for uniqueness scoping is exposed to authorization bypass and tenant isolation breaks. This issue affects ash_oban: from 0.2.5 before 0.8.14.

Affected

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

0.2.5 ≤ v < 0.8.140.2.5ce079229ecdf0d323da2b554f30fc569e54660f0
Vendor states this is fixed in da2d81e1e8e1dcc3e6ec8587cdb4f273575ffca3 (fixed)
Affected range stops below 0.8.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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CVSS

5.9MEDIUMEEF
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-915

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