CVE-2026-78693

Incomplete redaction re-attaches the original error path in AshGraphql, leaking internal field names

MEDIUM
6.9
CVSS Score
Published: August 30, 2026 at 06:28 PM UTC
Updated: September 1, 2026 at 09:31 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAshGraphql

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Severity
MEDIUM6.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information vulnerability in ash-project ash_graphql allows a remote client to read internal field names that an application configured its error_handler to redact. In AshGraphql.Errors, each error is passed to the configured error_handler and the returned map is merged with the pre-handler path via Map.put_new(handled, :path, path). Because put_new defers to the handler only when the handler itself set :path, a sanitizing handler that returns a fresh map or deletes :path has that decision reverted. The re-injected path comes from build_error_path/5, which falls back to raw internal Ash attribute and argument names when no field_names mapping is configured. A validation failure on a non-exposed or nested field therefore returns internal names in the GraphQL error path, defeating the application's redaction. This issue affects ash_graphql: from 1.9.0 before 1.11.0.

Affected

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

1.9.0 ≤ v < 1.11.01.9.06d2d8d995906d68cc245d209a9b3f9853405eb61
Vendor states this is fixed in 78e90d369f09f44c534816de541e60841066a467 (fixed)
Affected range stops below 1.11.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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CVSS

6.9MEDIUMEEF
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StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-209

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