CVE-2026-82758
Published:September 07, 2026
Updated:September 22, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/ash-project/ash_authentication_oauth2_server.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.1.0 <v0.3.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v0.3.1ash_authentication_oauth2_server (HEX):
Affected version(s) >=0.1.0 <0.3.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.3.1Additional Notes
The description of this vulnerability differs from MITRE.
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
6.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
PRESENT
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
LOW
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Authentication
EPSS
Base Score:
0.38