# CVE-2026-77956: EEx template evaluation of prompt content in AshAi enables remote code execution

- Severity: CVSS 8.9 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.0
- Published: 2026-08-31 · Updated: 2026-08-31

## Affected

- ash\_ai: from 0.1.0, fixed in 1.0.0
- ash-project/ash\_ai: version range not reported

## Description

Improper Control of Generation of Code (Code Injection) vulnerability in ash-project ash_ai allows a remote, unauthenticated client to execute arbitrary Elixir code. AshAi.Actions.Prompt evaluates prompt content through EEx.eval_string/2. The documented prompt: fn input, context -> ... end form lets the prompt content be built from action arguments, so when a prompt action's text incorporates request data, that attacker-controlled text is compiled and run as an EEx template (Elixir source). Content such as <%= System.cmd(...) %> therefore executes on the server before any model request is made, requiring no authentication beyond reaching a prompt action. The fix stops evaluating function-supplied prompt content as EEx; only statically configured templates are evaluated. This issue affects ash_ai: from 0.1.0 before 1.0.0.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/ash-project/ash_ai/security/advisories/GHSA-2g59-hg7m-qc83
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-77956.html
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-77956
- https://github.com/ash-project/ash_ai/commit/e9948254b5659c1143b73dc2f59f457931e64514

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