Medium severity · published Sep 8, 2026
CVE-2026-78216
AshLua eval read operations can read field-policy-protected fields via aggregates
6.0
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
AshLua exposes Ash read actions to Lua scripts run through an eval action. A read call accepts an operation (list, min, max, first, sum, avg) that builds an ad-hoc Ash.Query.Aggregate over a named field and returns its raw value.
Ash field policies redact forbidden fields on returned records (replacing them with %Ash.ForbiddenField{}), but that redaction does not apply to aggregate values. A script could therefore read a field the calling actor's field policies forbid by requesting it as an aggregate instead of as a field. This includes fields that are public? true but restricted per-actor by a field policy, such as sensitive PII. The prior hardening only enforced the exposed-field allow-list (field visibility), which is a separate axis from per-actor field-policy authorization.
The fix authorizes the aggregated field against the resource's field policies, so aggregating over a field the actor may not see is refused or scoped to the rows where it is visible.
This issue affects ash_lua: from 0.1.0 before 0.2.2.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
ash_lua · ash-project
0.1.0 before 0.2.2; 8675e47cca81f36594083a7e63379bac9e123e72 before 266a5dcc56d5015b6d316c10606169e753b07450 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78216
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-78216
cna.erlef.org
https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-78216.html
github.com
https://github.com/ash-project/ash_lua/commit/266a5dcc56d5015b6d316c10606169e753b07450
github.com
https://github.com/ash-project/ash_lua/commit/8675e47cca81f36594083a7e63379bac9e123e72
github.com
https://github.com/ash-project/ash_lua/security/advisories/GHSA-5whv-8rcp-x33j
osv.dev
https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-78216
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