> CVE-2026-85500 [CRITICAL]

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PUBLISHED
2026-09-17 14:17
MODIFIED
2026-09-17 14:17
CVSS_SCORE V3
9.1
EPSS (Prob. Exploit)
0.77%
Top 45.4%
DATA SOURCES:
NVD đź”— 2026-09-17 CWE MITRE đź”— 2026-10-01 FIRST EPSS đź”— 2026-10-16 OSV đź”— 2026-09-23

> DESCRIPTION

Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness vulnerability in team-alembic AshAuthentication allows an unconfirmed user to obtain a session, defeating a mandatory email confirmation requirement. AshAuthentication.Strategy.Password.Actions.check_user/2 decides whether the attribute named by require_confirmed_with is set using a bare is_nil(Map.get(user, value)). When that attribute is not selected on the loaded record Map.get/2 returns %Ash.NotLoaded{}, and when a field policy denies it for the current actor it returns %Ash.ForbiddenField{}. Neither is nil, so the rejection branch is skipped and sign-i require_confirmed_with is enforced in two places, and neither holds in every configuration. sign_in_with_token and register are checked only inside AshAuthentication.Strategy.Password.Actions, not on the action itself, so any caller that invokes the action directly skips the check. An API layer such as AshGraphql or AshJsonApi invokes the action directly, so this applies to the default configuration. Where a check does run it compares the confirmation attribute against nil. That attribute holds %Ash.NotLoaded{} or %Ash.ForbiddenField{} when it sets select_by_default?: false, when an API layer narrows the read's select, or when a field policy hides it from the sign-in actor. Neither struct is nil, so those configurations read every user as confirmed. This issue affects ash_authentication: from 4.3.8 before 4.15.0 and from 5.0.0-rc.0 before 5.0.0-rc.14.

> AFFECTED_PRODUCTS

ℹ️ Aucun produit affecté n'a encore été publié par NVD pour cette CVE.

> CVSS V3 METRICS

CVSS_VECTOR
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

> MÉTRIQUES CVSS DÉTAILLÉES

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Métrique Valeur Interprétation
AV (Vecteur d'Attaque)
Attack Vector
Network (N)
Exploit possible à distance via réseau (HTTP, API, etc.)
AC (Complexité d'Attaque)
Attack Complexity
Low (L)
Peu de conditions requises pour exploiter
PR (Privilèges Requis)
Privileges Required
None (N)
Aucune authentification requise
UI (Interaction Utilisateur)
User Interaction
None (N)
Aucune interaction utilisateur nécessaire
S (Périmètre)
Scope
Unchanged (U)
Impact reste dans le périmètre du composant compromis
C (Impact Confidentialité)
Confidentiality Impact
High (H)
Divulgation totale d'informations
I (Impact Intégrité)
Integrity Impact
High (H)
Modification totale des données possible
A (Impact Disponibilité)
Availability Impact
None (N)
Aucune interruption de service

> RÉSUMÉ DES IMPACTS

Confidentialité
High
Divulgation totale d'informations
Intégrité
High
Modification totale des données possible
Disponibilité
None
Aucune interruption de service

> WEAKNESSES

CWE-305

> CWE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS

CWE-305: Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness - The authentication algorithm is sound, but the implemented mechanism can be bypassed as the result of a separate weakness that is primary to the authentication error.

> OSV (GOOGLE OPEN SOURCE VULNERABILITIES)

`require_confirmed_with` is not enforced on the action and fails open on an unreadable attribute in AshAuthentication

AFFECTED PACKAGES:
Unknown / Unknown
14 versions affected
ALIASES:
EEF-CVE-2026-85500, GHSA-fc47-6pgw-wh22

> HISTORIQUE DES MODIFICATIONS

Première apparition
17/09/2026 14:17
Source: NVD
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 01/10/2026 06:01
CWE
Champ modifié: Description CWE
Ancienne valeur:
N/A
Nouvelle valeur:
CWE-305: Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness - The authentication algorithm is sound, but the implemented mechanism can be bypassed as the result of a separate weakness that is primary to the au...
Total des modifications: 1 Dernière mise à jour: 3 weeks ago

> REFERENCES

https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-85500.html
https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/1076639a9d40213088d110...
https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/17f4c25a372d1778c9cc45...
https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/7d37bc6e4df6697b5813d2...
https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/security/advisories/GHSA-fc47...
https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-85500
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