---
title: "CVE-2026-94201: Ash - Denial of Service"
description: "Ash 3.5.1 to < 3.34.3 contains a denial of service caused by unsafe atom interning in :atom-typed attributes with unsafe_to_atom?: true, letting attackers exhaust the atom table and crash the node, exploit requires attacker-controlled filter values."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-94201/
---

# CVE-2026-94201 Ash - Denial of Service

Ash 3.5.1 to < 3.34.3 contains a denial of service caused by unsafe atom interning in :atom-typed attributes with unsafe\_to\_atom?: true, letting attackers exhaust the atom table and crash the node, exploit requires attacker-controlled filter values.

CVSS base score 8.2 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.30% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94201)

## Details

Type

Denial of Service

Impact

Denial Of Service

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Published

5 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-770](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/770.html)

## Vendor fix

Upgrade to version 3.34.3 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94201](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94201)
- [https://github.com/ash-project/ash/commit/2970ba3bd5d36d6ad04c731ac87385375d457147](https://github.com/ash-project/ash/commit/2970ba3bd5d36d6ad04c731ac87385375d457147)
- [https://github.com/ash-project/ash/commit/5282f3f513053628cdd1bf2236ea22d975d934d4](https://github.com/ash-project/ash/commit/5282f3f513053628cdd1bf2236ea22d975d934d4)
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-94201](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-94201)
- [https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-94201.html](https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-94201.html)

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