Low severity · published Aug 30, 2026
CVE-2026-77831
Algorithmic-complexity denial of service in AshPaperTrail full-diff list tracking
2.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity vulnerability in ash-project ash_paper_trail allows a user who can submit a large array attribute to a paper-trailed create or update action to cause a denial of service through excessive CPU and memory use.
With full-diff change tracking, AshPaperTrail.ChangeBuilders.FullDiff.ListChange pairs each prior array element against the new list by rebuilding the remaining-elements accumulator with acc ++ [tuple] on every step, copying the growing list each time, so the pairing scales cubically in the array length. Nothing bounds the length and the value comes straight from action input, so one request carrying a large accepted {:array, _} attribute forces tens of seconds of CPU and multi-gigabyte allocations.
This issue affects ash_paper_trail: from 0.1.1 before 0.7.0.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
ash_paper_trail · ash-project
0.1.1 before 0.7.0; 449cd2a93416853066378fa61c715e89f80dc854 before e781f5d8840b07d57db99f9a4728298837d7b3a8 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77831
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-77831
cna.erlef.org
https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-77831.html
github.com
https://github.com/ash-project/ash_paper_trail/commit/e781f5d8840b07d57db99f9a4728298837d7b3a8
github.com
https://github.com/ash-project/ash_paper_trail/security/advisories/GHSA-7c66-59m8-723c
osv.dev
https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-77831
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