# CVE-2026-77970: Sensitive fields nested in embedded values are not redacted in AshPaperTrail versions

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/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: 0.7.0
- Published: 2026-08-30 · Updated: 2026-08-31

## Affected

- ash\_paper\_trail: from 0.3.0, fixed in 0.7.0
- ash-project/ash\_paper\_trail: version range not reported

## Description

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability in ash-project ash_paper_trail allows an attacker with read access to the generated version resource to recover sensitive values nested inside embedded resources, unions, or lists. sensitive_attributes :redact and :ignore only act on the tracked resource's top-level attributes. maybe_redact_changes/3 and the stored-action-input path in AshPaperTrail.Resource.Changes.CreateNewVersion derive the sensitive set from the resource's own attributes and never descend into embedded, union, or list values, so a non-sensitive attribute or action argument that holds an embed with a sensitive? field (for example an accepted credentials embed carrying a token) is written to the version table in cleartext. This issue affects ash_paper_trail: from 0.3.0 before 0.7.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ash\_paper\_trail, ash-project/ash\_paper\_trail, upgrade to a fixed version (0.7.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/ash-project/ash_paper_trail/security/advisories/GHSA-v645-6jm6-cgpj
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-77970.html
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-77970
- https://github.com/ash-project/ash_paper_trail/commit/0cd4acfe7f48397673d8594fb5e2cd0f1bda6e40

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