CVE-2026-86688
High · CVSS 7.4Published 2026-09-17
CVSS
7.4
High
EPSS
—
exploit probability
Active Exploit
No
not yet listed
What is CVE-2026-86688?
Session Fixation vulnerability in team-alembic ash_authentication allows an attacker who can plant a session identifier in a victim's browser to hold an authenticated session once that victim signs in. AshAuthentication.Plug.Helpers.store_in_session/2 writes the authenticated subject into the existing session with Plug.Conn.put_session/3 and never calls Plug.Conn.configure_session(renew: true), so the identifier the visitor arrived with carries into their authenticated session. Every authentication event reaches this one function: the default success/4 injected by AshAuthentication.Phoenix.Controller.__using__/1, the AuthController emitted by mix ash_authentication_phoenix.install, and remember-me auto-login. AshAuthentication.Phoenix.Plug.store_in_session/2 is a defdelegate to it. Logout does not close the window either, because clear_session/2 ends with Plug.Conn.clear_session/1, which clears session contents but leaves the identifier intact, so a planted identifier survives a logout-then-login cycle. This issue affects ash_authentication: from 0.2.0 before 4.15.0 and from 5.0.0-rc.0 before 5.0.0-rc.14.
CVSS Score Explained
CVSS 7.4 is High severity. Exploitation is likely straightforward and the impact is significant — data loss, privilege escalation, or remote code execution are common outcomes. Patch as soon as possible.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
No EPSS score yet — model needs more data on this CVE.
References & Patches
- ›https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-86688.html
- ›https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/3e1d452cbf1564e87f5f97be882b66fe25af7cfa
- ›https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/872db454405ecad4fcdabd9ff3d8755d1d6a69ae
- ›https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/a939dde9b917c072cdf10c4b0913a9886a4b0231
- ›https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/security/advisories/GHSA-v577-944g-7h3x
- ›https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-86688
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