Low severity · published Aug 30, 2026
CVE-2026-80227
SQL string_trim removes only spaces, diverging from in-memory trimming in AshSql
2.1
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Incorrect Comparison vulnerability in ash-project ash_sql allows a user to pad a string field with tab, newline, carriage-return, or form-feed characters and pass a trimmed uniqueness or equality check in the database that the same expression would fail in memory (or the reverse). string_trim/1 compiles to REGEXP_REPLACE patterns built from an Elixir string in which \s is the escape for a single space (codepoint 32), not a regex whitespace class. The generated SQL therefore removes only literal spaces and leaves tabs, newlines, carriage returns, and form feeds in place, whereas String.trim/1 in Elixir removes them all. Any Ash filter, validation, or identity that relies on string_trim/1 then behaves differently depending on whether Ash pushes the expression down to SQL or evaluates it in memory, so padded input can register a near-duplicate value or slip past a trimmed comparison. This issue affects ash_sql: from 0.1.0 before 0.7.1.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 30% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
ash_sql · ash-project
0.1.0 before 0.7.1; dd092ed273dec7bd2194352f24a39229fc8ae68b before 1b11b5d8bc5321e2e6acac21594ef08f61986117 · source: vendor
Affected product
AS
ash_sql
ash-project
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