# CVE-2026-82736: Ash.Type.CiString validates length and match constraints before case folding, allowing constraint bypass

- Severity: CVSS 2.1 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.32.2
- Published: 2026-09-01 · Updated: 2026-09-01

## Affected

- ash: from 1.29.0-rc0, fixed in 3.32.2
- ash-project/ash: version range not reported

## Description

Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Canonicalize vulnerability in ash-project ash lets an attacker store a case-insensitive string value that violates its length or match constraints. Ash.Type.CiString.apply_constraints/2 (lib/ash/type/ci_string.ex) validated the max_length, min_length, and match constraints against the value as submitted, while the type case-folds the string (per its casing) for storage and comparison. Because validation ran before folding, an attacker can submit a value whose folded form breaks a constraint but whose original form passes: for example, against a match pattern requiring uppercase, an uppercase value that is stored lowercased persists a value the pattern rejects. The fix case-folds the value at the start of apply_constraints/2, so the constraints are checked against the form that is actually stored. This issue affects ash: from 1.29.0-rc0 before 3.32.2.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/ash-project/ash/security/advisories/GHSA-gg9w-7593-hxg9
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-82736.html
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-82736
- https://github.com/ash-project/ash/commit/d8320b0127c8ef453679d70e5dd23a9506951d21

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