CVE-2026-78216

AshLua eval read operations can read field-policy-protected fields via aggregates

MEDIUM
6
CVSS Score
Published: September 8, 2026 at 04:42 PM UTC
Updated: September 8, 2026 at 07:39 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAshLua

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Severity
MEDIUM6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

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

0.1.0 ≤ v < 0.2.20.1.08675e47cca81f36594083a7e63379bac9e123e72
Vendor states this is fixed in 266a5dcc56d5015b6d316c10606169e753b07450 (fixed)
Affected range stops below 0.2.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

6MEDIUMEEF
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-1220

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