Vulnerability advisory
EEF-CVE-2026-81637
Replayable OAuth2 CSRF state retained after a failed callback in AshAuthentication
Also known as CVE-2026-81637GHSA-3vcj-gxx8-3p44
- CVSS 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected versions
Repository
| Affected commits | Fixed by commit |
|---|---|
| GIT github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication ↗ | |
| c5f589058e04239263f50a1430eb17ea6d5dd1a2 to before bd4352303bc9d72d007f6818775267585a4bcc2f | bd4352303bc9d72d007f6818775267585a4bcc2f |
| Not specified | d7f939cd02bd618bcaa304631846fa75ffc419d7 |
Also listed as affected (172)
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Description
Summary
Insufficient Session Expiration vulnerability in team-alembic AshAuthentication allows an attacker who obtains a victim's OAuth2 state value to replay the callback and sign that victim into an attacker-controlled account.
AshAuthentication.Strategy.OAuth2.Plug.callback/2 clears the stored session_params through a rebinding step inside its with chain, conn <- delete_session(conn, session_key). Elixir evaluates the else block in the scope enclosing the with, so every failure path (the provider returning ?error=access_denied, an invalid code, a token-exchange error, or a registration or sign-in failure) reaches store_authentication_result/2 holding the original connection and the session entry is never removed. The value the module's own comment describes as protection against a CSRF-related attack is therefore consumed only when authentication succeeds, and survives a cancelled or failed attempt until the next request phase or session expiry.
This issue affects ash_authentication: from 0.6.0 before 4.15.0 and from 5.0.0-rc.0 before 5.0.0-rc.14.
References
- Advisorygithub.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/security/advisories/GHSA-3vcj-gxx8-3p44 ↗
- Webcna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-81637.html ↗
- Webgithub.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/c5f589058e04239263f50a1430eb17ea6d5dd1a2 ↗
- Fixgithub.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/bd4352303bc9d72d007f6818775267585a4bcc2f ↗
- Fixgithub.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/d7f939cd02bd618bcaa304631846fa75ffc419d7 ↗
- Packagehex.pm/packages/ash_authentication ↗