# CVE-2026-82738: Ash.Type.UUIDv7 accepts non-v7 UUIDs that then fail to load, causing persistent denial of service

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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 3.6.3, fixed in 3.32.2
- ash-project/ash: version range not reported

## Description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in ash-project ash allows an attacker to persistently deny reads of a record by storing a non-version-7 UUID in an Ash.Type.UUIDv7 attribute. Ash.Type.UUIDv7.cast_input/2 accepts any well-formed UUID string, including non-version-7 UUIDs, and stores it as a 16-byte binary. On read, cast_stored/2 (lib/ash/type/uuid_v7.ex) routes the stored binary back through cast_input/2, which since an input-validation tightening in v3.6.3 matches only version-7 (and optionally version-4) 16-byte binaries and otherwise expects a 36-character string. A stored non-v7 16-byte binary matches neither clause and returns :error, so every later read of that record fails. An attacker able to set such an attribute poisons the row permanently. The fix decodes any 16-byte stored binary directly in cast_stored/2. This issue affects ash: from 3.6.3 before 3.32.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ash, ash-project/ash, upgrade to a fixed version (3.32.2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/ash-project/ash/security/advisories/GHSA-7xfw-9jwm-9c4c
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-82738.html
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-82738
- https://github.com/ash-project/ash/commit/c453cdc0b8570e86ffef0d10e136247f52b3ea76

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