Medium severity · published Aug 30, 2026
CVE-2026-78038
Job argument injection via :args overrides primary_key and tenant in AshOban
5.9
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes vulnerability in ash-project ash_oban allows a user whose input reaches the :args option of AshOban.build_trigger/3 to retarget an update or destroy trigger at another record, including across tenants.
build_trigger/3 builds the trusted job arguments with atom keys (:primary_key, :tenant, :action_arguments) and merges the caller's :args underneath so the trusted values win on collision. Because Oban job arguments round-trip through JSON, the caller's keys arrive as strings, so Map.merge sees no collision and both keys survive. When the job is persisted the JSON object is de-duplicated keeping the last (string) key, and the worker reads the caller's value. The documentation describes :args as unable to affect the action, so an application that forwards user input into it for uniqueness scoping is exposed to authorization bypass and tenant isolation breaks.
This issue affects ash_oban: from 0.2.5 before 0.8.14.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
ash_oban · ash-project
0.2.5 before 0.8.14; ce079229ecdf0d323da2b554f30fc569e54660f0 before da2d81e1e8e1dcc3e6ec8587cdb4f273575ffca3 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78038
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-78038
cna.erlef.org
https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-78038.html
github.com
https://github.com/ash-project/ash_oban/commit/da2d81e1e8e1dcc3e6ec8587cdb4f273575ffca3
github.com
https://github.com/ash-project/ash_oban/security/advisories/GHSA-gj9p-x393-rf9h
osv.dev
https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-78038
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