# CVE-2026-81316: Same-named aggregates with differing filters are conflated in AshSql

- 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: 0.7.1
- Published: 2026-08-30 · Updated: 2026-08-31

## Affected

- ash\_sql: from 0.1.0, fixed in 0.7.1
- ash-project/ash\_sql: version range not reported

## Description

Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in ash-project ash_sql allows a caller to receive an aggregate value computed over rows a more restrictive filter should have excluded, disclosing counts, sums, or lists across an authorization or tenancy boundary. AshSql.Aggregate.different_queries?/2 reports two aggregate queries as different only when their filter and their sort both differ. Aggregate queries rarely carry a sort, so two aggregates that share a name but carry entirely different filters compare as identical. The colliding aggregate keeps its name and is treated as already computed, and select_aggregates returns the first-registered variant's value. The same name reaches the builder twice with different filters when actor or tenant context is stamped into each aggregate's query, so a narrowly filtered aggregate can be served the value of a previously registered broad one. This issue affects ash_sql: from 0.1.0 before 0.7.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ash\_sql, ash-project/ash\_sql, upgrade to a fixed version (0.7.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/ash-project/ash_sql/security/advisories/GHSA-v7pf-wjxc-7j5m
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-81316.html
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-81316
- https://github.com/ash-project/ash_sql/commit/4b95468e5434a3526571414219719c9518be6694

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