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title: "CVE-2026-96581: ash-project ash - Authorization Bypass"
description: "ash-project ash from 1.22.0 before 3.37.2 contains an authorization bypass caused by improper tenant scoping in upserting create actions, letting users read, overwrite, and take over other tenants' records, exploit requires tenant-scoped create action with upsert enabled."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-96581/
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# CVE-2026-96581 ash-project ash - Authorization Bypass

ash-project ash from 1.22.0 before 3.37.2 contains an authorization bypass caused by improper tenant scoping in upserting create actions, letting users read, overwrite, and take over other tenants' records, exploit requires tenant-scoped create action with upsert enabled.

CVSS base score 7.6 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96581)

## Details

Type

Authorization Bypass

Impact

Information Disclosure, Data Tampering, Broken Access Control

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/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

26 October 2026

Updated

26 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-639](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/639.html)

## Vendor fix

Upgrade to version 3.37.2 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-2026-96581](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96581)
- [https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-96581.html](https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-96581.html)
- [https://github.com/ash-project/ash/commit/2333d01ddf37e5909769a513059b27e3183331c5](https://github.com/ash-project/ash/commit/2333d01ddf37e5909769a513059b27e3183331c5)
- [https://github.com/ash-project/ash/commit/c9f0cdb31e7c084def05f3f5be69dd7bb7721754](https://github.com/ash-project/ash/commit/c9f0cdb31e7c084def05f3f5be69dd7bb7721754)
- [https://github.com/ash-project/ash/security/advisories/GHSA-vw7c-67pf-gh96](https://github.com/ash-project/ash/security/advisories/GHSA-vw7c-67pf-gh96)
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-96581](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-96581)

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- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
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