# CVE-2026-81643: Broken access control in AshGraphql subscription batcher applies authorization suppression to only the first notification

- Severity: CVSS 2.3 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/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: 1.11.0
- Published: 2026-08-30 · Updated: 2026-08-31

## Affected

- ash\_graphql: from 1.4.0, fixed in 1.11.0
- ash-project/ash\_graphql: version range not reported

## Description

Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in ash-project ash_graphql delivers GraphQL subscription payloads for records a subscriber is not authorized to see. In AshGraphql.Subscription.Batcher, do_send/5 resolves the first notification of a batch and filters it with should_send?/1, which drops results whose errors are coded forbidden or not_found or carry no code, precisely so that unauthorized results are not disclosed. The remaining notifications in the batch are read from the process dictionary, re-run through the pipeline, and appended to the outgoing results without that filter. They reach pubsub.publish_subscription/2, and the not is_nil(record) guard drops only nil records, not error-carrying results. Any two qualifying notifications arriving within the default one-second batch interval suffice, and batching is the default path. The fix applies should_send?/1 to the whole batch. This issue affects ash_graphql: from 1.4.0 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-j684-hch4-q888
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-81643.html
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-81643
- https://github.com/ash-project/ash_graphql/commit/e8e67f39add2ce0771e6db5f086afe68ba212c57

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