# CVE-2026-82745: ETS and Mnesia data layers overwrite an existing record on create instead of enforcing primary-key uniqueness

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/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 0.4.0, fixed in 3.32.2
- ash-project/ash: version range not reported

## Description

Improper Access Control vulnerability in ash-project ash lets a create action overwrite an existing record when the ETS or Mnesia data layer is used, because neither enforced primary-key uniqueness on insert. Unlike a SQL data layer, whose unique primary-key constraint rejects a duplicate, the ETS and Mnesia data layers implemented create as a keyed insert that replaces any existing entry with the same primary key (lib/ash/data_layer/ets/ets.ex, lib/ash/data_layer/mnesia/mnesia.ex). An actor who can set the primary key on a create (for example a user-supplied string or integer key) can submit a create whose key matches an existing record and silently overwrite it, destroying and replacing another entity's data without going through the update action or its policies. The fix rejects a create whose primary key already exists with an already-taken error, and only allows duplicates for keyless resources. This issue affects ash: from 0.4.0 before 3.32.2.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/ash-project/ash/security/advisories/GHSA-92x7-q3h5-wf88
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-82745.html
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-82745
- https://github.com/ash-project/ash/commit/912e243196017c2a812c25905c2b1cc3bbb843fc

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