CVE-2026-86338

Ash field policies do not filter-nil forbidden calculations and aggregates, enabling an information-disclosure oracle

MEDIUM
6
CVSS Score
Published: September 16, 2026 at 08:28 AM UTC
Updated: September 16, 2026 at 08:54 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAsh

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Severity
MEDIUM6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Ash field_policies are documented to protect against filter-based information disclosure: when a field the actor may not see is referenced in a filter, it is replaced with an expression that evaluates to nil, so a filter cannot be used as a yes/no oracle to read a value the actor cannot see. This nilling was applied to attributes but not to calculations or aggregates. A user-supplied filter reference to a calculation or aggregate carries an Ash.Query.Calculation / Ash.Query.Aggregate struct, which the authorizer's reference replacement did not match (it only matched the Ash.Resource.* structs), so the filter ran against the real value. As a result, an actor whose field policies forbid a calculation or aggregate can still filter by it (for example filter(secret_calc == "x") or filter(comment_count == n)) and learn the value from whether rows match — an oracle that recovers field-policy-protected values one probe at a time. Filtering is commonly exposed to lower-privileged actors (for example via AshGraphql or AshJsonApi filter arguments), which is exactly the surface field policies are meant to protect. The fix routes filter references to calculations and aggregates through the same field-policy nilling as attributes. This issue affects ash: from 2.11.0-rc.0 before 3.33.4.

Affected

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

90%
2.11.0-rc.0 ≤ v < 3.33.40b6d93c7c4637280b46ae66ea1d2eaf0137012382.11.0-rc.0
Vendor states this is fixed in b3d4503241f3deacb5ceb955e10a4fa927da0f67 (fixed)
Affected range stops below 3.33.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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CVSS

6MEDIUMEEF
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-1220

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