CVE-2026-76949
Remember-me sign-in guard reads a session key that is never written in ash_authentication, allowing session replacement
Description
Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability in team-alembic ash_authentication allows an attacker who can plant a remember-me cookie in a victim's browser to replace that victim's authenticated session with one for the attacker's own account. AshAuthentication.Plug.Helpers.sign_in_using_remember_me/3 skips re-authenticating an already-signed-in visitor by checking the session for "<subject_name>_token", but store_in_session/2 writes that key only when require_token_presence_for_authentication? is enabled and otherwise writes the bare subject name. At the default setting the guard therefore reads a key that is never written, its already-signed-in branch is unreachable, and the remember-me sign-in runs on every request through the per-request browser pipeline plug. A planted remember-me cookie is consequently honoured even for a visitor holding a live authenticated session, so whatever the victim enters afterwards lands in data the attacker controls. The read path in authenticate_resource_from_session/4 selects the key correctly, so the guard and the reader disagree about which key holds the session. This issue affects ash_authentication: from 4.10.0 before 4.15.0 and from 5.0.0-rc.0 before 5.0.0-rc.14.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 17, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
Last Modified :
Sept. 17, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | CRITICAL | 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db | ||||
| CVSS 4.0 | CRITICAL | 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db |
Solution
- Update ash_authentication to version 4.15.0 or higher.
- Update ash_authentication to version 5.0.0-rc.14 or higher.
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New CVE Received by 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
Sep. 17, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability in team-alembic ash_authentication allows an attacker who can plant a remember-me cookie in a victim's browser to replace that victim's authenticated session with one for the attacker's own account. AshAuthentication.Plug.Helpers.sign_in_using_remember_me/3 skips re-authenticating an already-signed-in visitor by checking the session for "<subject_name>_token", but store_in_session/2 writes that key only when require_token_presence_for_authentication? is enabled and otherwise writes the bare subject name. At the default setting the guard therefore reads a key that is never written, its already-signed-in branch is unreachable, and the remember-me sign-in runs on every request through the per-request browser pipeline plug. A planted remember-me cookie is consequently honoured even for a visitor holding a live authenticated session, so whatever the victim enters afterwards lands in data the attacker controls. The read path in authenticate_resource_from_session/4 selects the key correctly, so the guard and the reader disagree about which key holds the session. This issue affects ash_authentication: from 4.10.0 before 4.15.0 and from 5.0.0-rc.0 before 5.0.0-rc.14. Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/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 Added CWE CWE-290 Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/76xxx/CVE-2026-76949.json">CVE-2026-76949</a> Added Reference https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-76949.html Added Reference https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/3d3de314692558d06ec13945f857f00514e95a8c Added Reference https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/9a34136b844abe179da1075067cf2835c64dcc12 Added Reference https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/b9568a53b438247238b1c5a4f49c8d84650f4bba Added Reference https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/security/advisories/GHSA-hh34-374j-pfr5 Added Reference https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-76949