# CVE-2026-81633: Unhandled KeyError in AshGraphql relay node resolution crashes queries via an unknown type segment

- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.11.0
- Published: 2026-08-30 · Updated: 2026-08-31

## Affected

- ash\_graphql: from 0.27.0, fixed in 1.11.0
- ash-project/ash\_graphql: version range not reported

## Description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in ash-project ash_graphql allows an unauthenticated client to crash a relay node(id: ...) query with an unhandled KeyError. AshGraphql.Graphql.Resolver.resolve_node/2 decodes the client-supplied global ID with decode_relay_id/1, which only base64-decodes the string and splits it on : without validating the type segment. The decoded type is passed straight to Map.fetch!(type_to_domain_and_resource_map, type). Because fetch! raises on a missing key, a relay ID whose type segment is a valid atom that is not a relay-exposed type aborts the resolver before its resolve/2 clauses and their rescue handlers run, so the error never becomes a GraphQL error and may expose a stacktrace. Common resource names are easy to guess. The fix uses Map.fetch/2 and returns an Invalid node id error for unknown types. This issue affects ash_graphql: from 0.27.0 before 1.11.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ash\_graphql, ash-project/ash\_graphql, upgrade to a fixed version (1.11.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/ash-project/ash_graphql/security/advisories/GHSA-mrgv-g7gf-r96h
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-81633.html
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-81633
- https://github.com/ash-project/ash_graphql/commit/c8863ed8e5c21f1bfb6125f1d24e78443dfc6351

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