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Ash Framework: Ash.Type.Module.cast_input/2 atom exhaustion via unchecked Module.concat allows BEAM VM crash

CVE-2026-34593

Ash Framework is a declarative, extensible framework for building Elixir applications. Prior to version 3.22.0, Ash.Type.Module.cast_input/2 unconditionally creates a new Erlang atom via Module.concat([value]) for any user-supplied binary string that starts with "Elixir.", before verifying whether the referenced module exists. Because Erlang atoms are never garbage-collected and the BEAM atom table has a hard default limit of approximately 1,048,576 entries, an attacker who can submit values to any resource attribute or argument of type :module can exhaust this table and crash the entire BEAM VM, taking down the application. This issue has been patched in version 3.22.0.

No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
8.2
HIGH
EPSS Probability:0.42%
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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-400 ↗CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Affected Products & Versions

Vendor Product Affected Versions
ash-project ash < 3.22.0 (affected)

References & Technical Advisories

No reference links found.

Threat Intelligence Signals

EPSS Score
0.423%

Identity & Timeline

StatusPUBLISHED
Assigning AuthorityGitHub, Inc. · Vendor · USA
Reserved2026-03-30T17:15:52
Published2026-04-02T17:42:26
Last Updated2026-04-03T13:04:09

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