CVE-2026-34593

HIGH

Ash Framework: Ash.Type.Module.cast_input/2 atom exhaustion via unchecked Module.concat allows BEAM VM crash

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

Ash Framework is a declarative, extensible framework for building Elixir applications. Prior to version 3.22.0, Ash.Type.Module.cast_input/2 unconditionally creates a new Erlang atom via Module.concat([value]) for any user-supplied binary string that starts with "Elixir.", before verifying whether the referenced module exists. Because Erlang atoms are never garbage-collected and the BEAM atom table has a hard default limit of approximately 1,048,576 entries, an attacker who can submit values to any resource attribute or argument of type :module can exhaust this table and crash the entire BEAM VM, taking down the application. This issue has been patched in version 3.22.0.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 16.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-400 CWE-770
Status published
Products (3)
ash-hq/ash_framework < 3.22.0
ash-project/ash < 3.22.0
Hex/ash 0 - 3.22.0Hex
Published Apr 02, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 02, 2026