CVE-2026-82758 json
ash_authentication_oauth2_server treats an empty resolved secret as valid, opening the gated Dynamic Client Registration endpoint
published 2mo ago modified 2mo ago also EEF-CVE-2026-82758 , EUVD-2026-72540 , GHSA-fxc6-vp68-87pw
- cvss
- 6.3
- version 4.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.7%
- EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Improper Authentication vulnerability in ash-project ash_authentication_oauth2_server allows an unauthenticated attacker to register OAuth clients even when Dynamic Client Registration is gated by an initial access token.
resolve_secret/3 in AshAuthentication.Oauth2Server (reached through __resolve_secret__!) treated any return other than {:ok, _} or :error from a configured {module, function, args} or 2-arity-function secret provider as a valid secret, wrapping nil, false, or "" as {:ok, value}. When the initial_access_token resolves to such an empty value, POST /oauth/register compares the presented bearer token against it and the comparison passes with no token supplied, so registration is open although it was configured closed. The same fail-open affected other resolved secrets such as signing_secret.
This issue affects ash_authentication_oauth2_server: from 0.1.0 before 0.3.1.
Patch / fix
- hex ash_authentication_oauth2_server 0.3.1
- ash-project ash_authentication_oauth2_server 0.3.1
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 6.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 4.0 | 6.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/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 |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| hex | ash_authentication_oauth2_server | >=0.1.0, <0.3.1 |
0.3.1 |
Affected products
- ash-project ash_authentication_oauth2_server
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
References
-
github.com
/ash-project/ash_authentication_oauth2_server/commit/30a87101871775d27d79f9ad6f29eafa4779e118
patch
-
github.com
/ash-project/ash_authentication_oauth2_server/security/advisories/GHSA-fxc6-vp68-87pw
vendor-advisory, related, advisory
-
cna.erlef.org
/cves/CVE-2026-82758.html
related, web
-
osv.dev
/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-82758
related
-
hex.pm
/packages/ash_authentication_oauth2_server
package
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-82758
- NVD CVE-2026-82758
- OSV EEF-CVE-2026-82758
- Maintainer advisory GHSA-fxc6-vp68-87pw
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The maintainers of ash-project/ash_authentication_oauth2_server published their own advisory on GitHub. Reviewed sources take precedence over it.
CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.