CVE-2026-86688

Session id is not renewed on authentication in ash_authentication, allowing session fixation

CVSS 4.0 7.4 HIGHCheck source for fixed versionsKEV status unknown

Original advisory

cve-program · CVE-2026-86688

Published

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.

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Affected versions, risk and source history

cve-program · CVE-2026-86688

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ash_authentication

https://repo.hex.pm

Publisher's version information

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                    "packageURL": "pkg:hex/ash_authentication",
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                    "repo": "https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication",
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                            "lessThan": "5.0.0-rc.14",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "5.0.0-rc.0",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        }
                    ]
                }

team-alembic/ash_authentication

https://github.com

Publisher's version information

Shown as published. These rules are not interpreted as NuGet package version ranges.

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                    "packageURL": "pkg:github/team-alembic/ash_authentication",
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                    "vendor": "team-alembic",
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                    ]
                }

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