Answer in brief
CVE-2026-85500 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in `require_confirmed_with` is not enforced on the action and fails open on an unreadable attribute in AshAuthentication. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps team-alembic/ash_authentication (generic), team-alembic/ash_authentication (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
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Analysis status
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The current feed maps team-alembic/ash_authentication (generic), team-alembic/ash_authentication (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| team-alembic/ash_authenticationgeneric | >=4.3.8 <4.15.0 || >=5.0.0-rc.0 <5.0.0-rc.14 | 4.15.0, 5.0.0-rc.14 |
| team-alembic/ash_authenticationgeneric | >=7d37bc6e4df6697b5813d2f373f0fdb08f813f98 <* | * |
Published upstream
Sep 17, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 17, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 17, 2026
Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness vulnerability in team-alembic AshAuthentication allows an unconfirmed user to obtain a session, defeating a mandatory email confirmation requirement. AshAuthentication.Strategy.Password.Actions.check_user/2 decides whether the attribute named by require_confirmed_with is set using a bare is_nil(Map.get(user, value)). When that attribute is not selected on the loaded record Map.get/2 returns %Ash.NotLoaded{}, and when a field policy denies it for the current actor it returns %Ash.ForbiddenField{}. Neither is nil, so the rejection branch is skipped and sign-i require_confirmed_with is enforced in two places, and neither holds in every configuration. sign_in_with_token and register are checked only inside AshAuthentication.Strategy.Password.Actions, not on the action itself, so any caller that invokes the action directly skips the check. An API layer such as AshGraphql or AshJsonApi invokes the action directly, so this applies to the default configuration. Where a check does run it compares the confirmation attribute against nil. That attribute holds %Ash.NotLoaded{} or %Ash.ForbiddenField{} when it sets select_by_default?: false, when an API layer narrows the read's select, or when a field policy hides it from the sign-in actor. Neither struct is nil, so those configurations read every user as confirmed. This issue affects ash_authentication: from 4.3.8 before 4.15.0 and from 5.0.0-rc.0 before 5.0.0-rc.14.
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