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CVE-2026-86688
Published:September 17, 2026
Updated:September 22, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=5.0.0-rc.8 <5.0.0-rc.14
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.0.0-rc.14
https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) =4.0.0 <4.15.0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.15.0
ash_authentication (HEX):
Affected version(s) >=3.0.3 <4.15.0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.15.0
ash_authentication (HEX):
Affected version(s) >=5.0.0-rc.0 <5.0.0-rc.14
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.0.0-rc.14
Additional Notes
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
7.4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
PRESENT
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
ACTIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Session Fixation
EPSS
Base Score:
0.41