Incorrect Authorization Affecting ash package, versions >=3.6.3 <3.7.1
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- published20 Oct 2025
- disclosed17 Oct 2025
- creditJechol Lee
Introduced: 17 Oct 2025
NewCVE-2025-48044 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade ash to version 3.7.1 or higher.
Overview
ash is an A declarative, extensible framework for building Elixir applications.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization in the conditions check logic during the policy evaluation. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to protected resources by exploiting a scenario where the bypass policy condition is evaluated as true.
PoC
policies do
bypass always() do
authorize_if actor_attribute_equals(:is_admin, true)
end
policy action_type(:read) do
authorize_if always()
end
end