# CVE-2026-82739: Ash.Resource.Validation.Confirm leaks a confirmed field's stored value in the atomic mismatch error

- 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: 3.32.2
- Published: 2026-09-01 · Updated: 2026-09-01

## Affected

- ash: from 2.17.20, fixed in 3.32.2
- ash-project/ash: version range not reported

## Description

Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information vulnerability in ash-project ash discloses the stored value of a confirmed field to an actor who fails its confirmation check. Ash.Resource.Validation.Confirm's atomic implementation (atomic/2 in lib/ash/resource/validation/confirm.ex) built the mismatch error with its value set to the field being confirmed. When the actor supplies only the confirmation argument and not the field itself, value resolves through atomic_ref/2 to the field's current stored value, so the mismatch error echoes that stored value back to the actor. Against a confirmation guarding a sensitive attribute, an actor can submit a deliberately wrong confirmation and read the real value from the returned error. The fix reports the actor-supplied confirmation in the error instead of the stored field value. This issue affects ash: from 2.17.20 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-66cg-vj5m-8w7v
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-82739.html
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-82739
- https://github.com/ash-project/ash/commit/7dfe5f0b1ba4267580ded947dc861351d4dc8e2b

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