CVE-2026-114214 PUBLISHED

Loading a through relationship with a limit of 1 in Ash ignores the through path and returns unrelated destination records

Assigner: EEF
Reserved: 25.10.2026 Published: 25.10.2026 Updated: 25.10.2026

Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in ash-project ash allows a client to read destination records unrelated to the source record through a through relationship.

When a has_many relationship declared with through: was loaded for a single record with a limit of 1, or an unsorted has_one through relationship was loaded with a limit of 1, lateral_join?/4 in lib/ash/actions/read/relationships.ex chose the path that reads the destination without any filter linking it to the source. The load returned the first destination record by sort, or any other record with an offset. The read still runs the destination's policies but carries the relationship as accessing_from, so a client paging such a field (for example teachers(limit: 1, offset: n) through AshGraphql) can enumerate destination records that policies allow only when reached through that relationship.

This issue affects ash: from 3.24.0 before 3.37.1.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6

Product Status

Vendor ash-project
Product ash
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 3.24.0 to 3.37.1 (excl.)
Vendor ash-project
Product ash
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 24f41e23dcbd9d07cde270a8141490e8f79251f5 to e37463307304b26bc8fd606322e5c4d8f7f060e5 (excl.)

Affected Configurations

Reachable when a through relationship is loaded for a single record with a caller-controlled limit of 1 (and optionally an offset), for example through AshGraphql relationship field arguments, and the destination resource's read policies rely on the relationship (accessing_from) or are otherwise open to the caller.

Credits

  • Will Townsend finder
  • Will Townsend reporter
  • Zach Daniel / Ash Project remediation developer

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization CWE

Impacts

  • A client paging a through relationship field with a limit of 1 reads destination records that should only be reachable through that relationship.