Unlike a SQL data layer, whose unique primary-key constraint rejects a duplicate, the ETS and Mnesia data layers implemented create as a keyed insert that replaces any existing entry with the same primary key (lib/ash/data_layer/ets/ets.ex, lib/ash/data_layer/mnesia/mnesia.ex). An actor who can set the primary key on a create (for example a user-supplied string or integer key) can submit a create whose key matches an existing record and silently overwrite it, destroying and replacing another entity's data without going through the update action or its policies. The fix rejects a create whose primary key already exists with an already-taken error, and only allows duplicates for keyless resources.
This issue affects ash: from 0.4.0 before 3.32.2.
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| Description | Improper Access Control vulnerability in ash-project ash lets a create action overwrite an existing record when the ETS or Mnesia data layer is used, because neither enforced primary-key uniqueness on insert. Unlike a SQL data layer, whose unique primary-key constraint rejects a duplicate, the ETS and Mnesia data layers implemented create as a keyed insert that replaces any existing entry with the same primary key (lib/ash/data_layer/ets/ets.ex, lib/ash/data_layer/mnesia/mnesia.ex). An actor who can set the primary key on a create (for example a user-supplied string or integer key) can submit a create whose key matches an existing record and silently overwrite it, destroying and replacing another entity's data without going through the update action or its policies. The fix rejects a create whose primary key already exists with an already-taken error, and only allows duplicates for keyless resources. This issue affects ash: from 0.4.0 before 3.32.2. | |
| Title | ETS and Mnesia data layers overwrite an existing record on create instead of enforcing primary-key uniqueness | |
| First Time appeared |
Ash-project
Ash-project ash |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-284 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:ash-project:ash:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Ash-project
Ash-project ash |
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cvssV4_0
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: EEF
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-01T03:42:28.309Z
Reserved: 2026-08-31T01:00:09.774Z
Link: CVE-2026-82745
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-01T04:18:04.803
Modified: 2026-09-01T04:18:04.803
Link: CVE-2026-82745
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CWE-284
Improper Access Control