CVE-2026-82756 PUBLISHED

ash_authentication_oauth2_server interpolates a tenant-derived value into the WWW-Authenticate challenge without escaping, allowing header parameter injection

Assigner: EEF
Reserved: 31.08.2026 Published: 07.09.2026 Updated: 07.09.2026

Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output vulnerability in ash-project ash_authentication_oauth2_server allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary authentication parameters into the WWW-Authenticate challenge header.

BearerPlug and RequireScopePlug built the Bearer resource_metadata="..." challenge by interpolating a resource_metadata URL derived from the request tenant directly into the quoted value. In a multi-tenant application that sets the Ash tenant from request-controlled data (a subdomain, the Host, a path segment, or a header), a tenant containing a " closes the quoted value and appends attacker-chosen auth-params, including a second resource_metadata URL pointing at an attacker-controlled authorization server that spec-following clients follow. Carriage returns and line feeds are rejected by Plug, so this is parameter injection within one header, not response splitting.

This issue affects ash_authentication_oauth2_server: from 0.1.3 before 0.3.1.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.3

Product Status

Vendor ash-project
Product ash_authentication_oauth2_server
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0.1.3 to 0.3.1 (excl.)
Vendor ash-project
Product ash_authentication_oauth2_server
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 99de0a1cacb5ef667c4533278b7c81ca98c00231 to 09f97476715da031b136eaec7b2cda2363ad8149 (excl.)

Affected Configurations

Reachable only in a multi-tenant application that derives the Ash tenant from request-controlled input (subdomain, Host, path, or header) and uses BearerPlug or RequireScopePlug; the tenant reaches the challenge through the server's tenant-aware resource_url.

Credits

  • Peter Ullrich finder
  • Peter Ullrich reporter
  • Zach Daniel / Ash Project remediation developer
  • Jonatan Männchen / EEF coordinator

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-153 Input Data Manipulation