CVE-2026-77856

Unbounded atom creation from typed struct field names in AshTypescript field selector

Published Sep 1, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in ash-project ash_typescript allows an unauthenticated attacker to exhaust the BEAM atom table and abort the node via client-supplied typed struct field names.

resolve_typed_struct_field/2 in lib/ash_typescript/rpc/field_processing/field_selector.ex looks a client-supplied field name up in the typed struct's reverse map and, when it finds no match, falls back to String.to_atom/1. Because this runs before any field-existence check, an unresolvable name mints a permanent atom rather than being rejected as unknown. Atoms are never garbage collected, so a request carrying many distinct names on a typed struct field grows the atom table until the VM aborts at its limit.

This issue affects ash_typescript: from 0.11.0 before 0.18.0.

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in ash-project ash_typescript allows an unauthenticated attacker to exhaust the BEAM atom table and abort the node via client-supplied typed struct field names. resolve_typed_struct_field/2 in lib/ash_typescript/rpc/field_processing/field_selector.ex looks a client-supplied field name up in the typed struct's reverse map and, when it finds no match, falls back to String.to_atom/1. Because this runs before any field-existence check, an unresolvable name mints a permanent atom rather than being rejected as unknown. Atoms are never garbage collected, so a request carrying many distinct names on a typed struct field grows the atom table until the VM aborts at its limit. This issue affects ash_typescript: from 0.11.0 before 0.18.0.
Title Unbounded atom creation from typed struct field names in AshTypescript field selector
First Time appeared Ash-project
Ash-project ash Typescript
Weaknesses CWE-770
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ash-project:ash_typescript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ash-project
Ash-project ash Typescript
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.2, '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'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
EEF
Published
Updated
Sep 1, 2026, 2:49 PM
Reserved
Aug 30, 2026, 5:30 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Sep 1, 2026, 3:16 AM
Modified
Sep 1, 2026, 9:15 PM