Low severity · published Sep 1, 2026
CVE-2026-82744
Ash.Reactor change step fails open, skipping a change when its where guard raises
2.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Not Failing Securely (Failing Open) vulnerability in ash-project ash skips an Ash.Reactor change when the guard controlling it raises, so a change meant to run does not. An Ash.Reactor change step can be gated by where validations that decide whether the change runs. Ash.Reactor.ChangeStep (lib/ash/reactor/steps/change_step.ex) evaluated those guards in apply_where_clauses/3, and apply_validation rescued any exception into {:error, error}. The reduce treated that identically to a guard whose condition was simply not met and bypassed the change. So when a guard raises (for example on attacker-influenced input), a change that enforces a security-relevant modification is skipped rather than failing the step. The fix distinguishes a raised exception (now {:raised, error}) and halts the step with an error, failing closed. This issue affects ash: from 3.0.0-rc.17 before 3.32.2.
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 · ash-project
3.0.0-rc.17 before 3.32.2; 321f43bd05ad9544e693cbf797243693e51a6be4 before 6d2eb86ea8d2ba5ffac89c1b8b9bf46e331feabc · source: vendor
Affected product
AS
ash
ash-project
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