Low severity · published Sep 7, 2026
CVE-2026-81638
Non-canonical ULID spellings are accepted and alias to the same record in ash_double_entry
2.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improper Handling of Alternate Encoding vulnerability in ash-project ash_double_entry allows an attacker to submit several distinct string spellings of the same identifier.
AshDoubleEntry.ULID renders a 128-bit ULID as 26 Crockford base-32 characters, but the first character encodes only 3 bits, so canonical values are 0 to 7. decode/1 in lib/ulid.ex masks the first character to its low 3 bits and valid?/1 accepts all 32 characters in that position, so 0..., 8..., G... and R... decode to the identical 16-byte value and resolve to the same row. When the type is exposed as a public ID over an HTTP or API boundary, an attacker-supplied ID can be spelled differently from the record it actually reads or writes, desynchronizing or bypassing string-level checks such as idempotency and deduplication keys, deny-lists, audit correlation, or signatures computed over the submitted ID.
This issue affects ash_double_entry: from 0.1.0 before 1.0.19.
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_double_entry · ash-project
0.1.0 before 1.0.19; 1e5f7ce8ff25f519c904731a29eb1258324e561a before d3e688d300a581ae214b3ca7d95ef4de63fbb050 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81638
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-81638
cna.erlef.org
https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-81638.html
github.com
https://github.com/ash-project/ash_double_entry/commit/d3e688d300a581ae214b3ca7d95ef4de63fbb050
github.com
https://github.com/ash-project/ash_double_entry/security/advisories/GHSA-qxp2-vgp9-268q
osv.dev
https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-81638
