# CVE-2026-77846: JSON path injection via unescaped get\_path segments in AshSqlite

- Severity: CVSS 2.1 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.2.18
- Published: 2026-08-30 · Updated: 2026-08-31

## Affected

- ash\_sqlite: from 0.1.2-rc.0, fixed in 0.2.18
- ash-project/ash\_sqlite: version range not reported

## Description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Data Query Logic vulnerability in ash-project ash_sqlite allows an attacker who controls a get_path/2 segment to traverse into nested JSON the application never exposed, disclosing private or sensitive? embedded fields. AshSqlite.SqlImplementation builds the SQLite json_extract path with "$." <> Enum.join(right, "."), so a single segment containing ., [, ], or $ re-interprets the JSON path (for example "private.secret" descends two levels instead of naming one key). The path is bound as a parameter, so this is confined to the JSON-path grammar rather than SQL. Any endpoint that lets user input reach a get_path segment (a common pick-a-field pattern) can read nested values it never meant to expose. This issue affects ash_sqlite: from 0.1.2-rc.0 before 0.2.18.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ash\_sqlite, ash-project/ash\_sqlite, upgrade to a fixed version (0.2.18) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/ash-project/ash_sqlite/security/advisories/GHSA-hrp2-5hgw-c83c
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-77846.html
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-77846
- https://github.com/ash-project/ash_sqlite/commit/2138480fceb654bec1845e691517ac409d0232c3

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