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AshAi tool loop never terminates when all tool calls are filtered out, enabling denial of service

CVE-2026-82579

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop) vulnerability in ash-project ash_ai allows an attacker who can influence a model's output to hang the tool loop and drive unbounded, repeated model requests. AshAi.ToolLoop classifies a model response of :tool_calls, then filters the calls through normalize_tool_calls/2 and unprocessed_tool_calls/2. Both can empty the list: a call missing a valid name, or one reusing a tool_call_id that already has a result in history, is dropped. With an empty list the loop appended nothing and recursed with a byte-identical message list, so the conversation never advanced and the same request was re-sent every iteration. Under the supported max_iterations: :infinity this never terminated; otherwise it exhausted the full budget. Prompt-injected content can make the model re-emit a spent tool_call_id. The fix treats an empty post-filter list as terminal. This issue affects ash_ai: from 0.6.0 before 1.0.0.

No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
6.0
MEDIUM
EPSS Probability:0.27%
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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-835 ↗CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Affected Products & Versions

Vendor Product Affected Versions
ash-project ash_ai 0.6.0 < 1.0.0 (affected)
ash-project ash_ai bc2122f78fca6c11d8ec2b9ac53148ec17476460 < 53325fdab90afab628c6a53232ef2a9001580bd9 (affected)

References & Technical Advisories

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Threat Intelligence Signals

EPSS Score
0.268%

Identity & Timeline

StatusPUBLISHED
Assigning AuthorityErlang Ecosystem Foundation · Consortium · USA
Reserved2026-08-30T20:00:01
Published2026-08-31T01:07:49
Last Updated2026-08-31T16:05:58

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