CVE-2026-94201

Ash stores :atom-typed attributes as strings and compares them as strings. When such an attribute is referenced in a filter, the comparison value is coerced through Ash.Type.Atom. Because the type defined no coerce/2 callback, coercion fell back to the default (cast_input/2), which calls String.to_atom/1 when the attribute is configured with the unsafe_to_atom?: true constraint. Filtering such an attribute with attacker-controlled strings therefore interned a new, permanent atom for every distinct value. Atoms are never garbage collected and the BEAM caps the atom table, so an actor who can supply filter values for a public, filterable :atom attribute declared with unsafe_to_atom?: true can exhaust the atom table and crash the node (denial of service). AshPaperTrail is a notable example: its version resources expose a public, filterable version_action_name atom attribute with unsafe_to_atom?: true by default. The fix adds a coerce/2 to Ash.Type.Atom that never interns atoms — a comparison value is left as a string, since the type is stored and compared as a string. Setting the attribute from action input (cast_input/2, which still honors unsafe_to_atom?) is unchanged. This issue affects ash: from 3.5.1 before 3.34.3.

• CWE-770

• https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-94201.html
• https://github.com/ash-project/ash/commit/2970ba3bd5d36d6ad04c731ac87385375d457147
• https://github.com/ash-project/ash/commit/5282f3f513053628cdd1bf2236ea22d975d934d4
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-94201

Published

Oct 5, 2026

Last Modified

Oct 6, 2026

Status

Deferred

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