# CVE-2026-82758: ash\_authentication\_oauth2\_server treats an empty resolved secret as valid, opening the gated Dynamic Client Registration endpoint

- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.3.1
- Published: 2026-09-07 · Updated: 2026-09-08

## Affected

- ash\_authentication\_oauth2\_server: from 0.1.0, fixed in 0.3.1
- ash-project/ash\_authentication\_oauth2\_server: version range not reported

## Description

Improper Authentication vulnerability in ash-project ash_authentication_oauth2_server allows an unauthenticated attacker to register OAuth clients even when Dynamic Client Registration is gated by an initial access token. resolve_secret/3 in AshAuthentication.Oauth2Server (reached through __resolve_secret__!) treated any return other than {:ok, _} or :error from a configured {module, function, args} or 2-arity-function secret provider as a valid secret, wrapping nil, false, or "" as {:ok, value}. When the initial_access_token resolves to such an empty value, POST /oauth/register compares the presented bearer token against it and the comparison passes with no token supplied, so registration is open although it was configured closed. The same fail-open affected other resolved secrets such as signing_secret. This issue affects ash_authentication_oauth2_server: from 0.1.0 before 0.3.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ash\_authentication\_oauth2\_server, ash-project/ash\_authentication\_oauth2\_server, upgrade to a fixed version (0.3.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/ash-project/ash_authentication_oauth2_server/security/advisories/GHSA-fxc6-vp68-87pw
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-82758.html
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-82758
- https://github.com/ash-project/ash_authentication_oauth2_server/commit/30a87101871775d27d79f9ad6f29eafa4779e118

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