Replayable OAuth2 CSRF state retained after a failed callback in AshAuthentication

Summary

CVECVE-2026-81637
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerEEF
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-09-17 14:17:32 UTC
Updated2026-09-18 18:16:18 UTC
DescriptionInsufficient 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 2.3 LOW from 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS: 0.004800000 probability, percentile 0.405340000 (date 2026-09-20)

Problem Types: CWE-613 | CWE-613 CWE-613 Insufficient Session Expiration


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.06b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49dbSecondary2.3LOWCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/C...
4.0CNACVSS2.3LOWCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Attack Requirements
Present
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Passive
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Sub Conf.
None
Sub Integrity
None
Sub Availability
None

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Team-alembic Ash Authentication affected 0.6.0 4.15.0 semver Not specified
CNA Team-alembic Ash Authentication affected 5.0.0-rc.0 5.0.0-rc.14 semver Not specified
CNA Team-alembic Ash Authentication affected c5f589058e04239263f50a1430eb17ea6d5dd1a2 * git Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/d7f939cd02bd618bcaa304... 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db github.com
osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-81637 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db osv.dev
cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-81637.html 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db cna.erlef.org
github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/c5f589058e04239263f50a... 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db github.com
github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/bd4352303bc9d72d007f68... 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db github.com
github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/security/advisories/GHSA-3vcj... 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Peter Ullrich (en)

CNA: Jonatan Männchen / EEF (en)

CNA: James Harton (en)

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