# CVE-2026-8469: Unauthenticated denial-of-service via BEAM atom table exhaustion in phoenix\_storybook

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/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=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.1.0
- Published: 2026-05-20 · Updated: 2026-05-27

## Affected

- phoenix\_storybook: from 0.2.0, fixed in 1.1.0
- phenixdigital/phoenix\_storybook: version range not reported

## Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in phenixdigital phoenix_storybook allows unauthenticated denial-of-service via BEAM atom table exhaustion. Multiple LiveView event handlers convert user-supplied event parameter strings to atoms using String.to_atom/1 without validation: 'Elixir.PhoenixStorybook.ExtraAssignsHelpers':handle_set_variation_assign/3 interns every key of the psb-assign params map; 'Elixir.PhoenixStorybook.ExtraAssignsHelpers':handle_toggle_variation_assign/3 interns the "attr" value from psb-toggle events; 'Elixir.PhoenixStorybook.ExtraAssignsHelpers':to_variation_id/2 interns elements of "variation_id"; and 'Elixir.PhoenixStorybook.ExtraAssignsHelpers':to_value/4 interns raw string values for attributes declared as :atom or :boolean. BEAM atoms are never garbage-collected, so each unique attacker-controlled string is a permanent allocation. Once the atom table ceiling (~1,048,576 atoms) is reached, the entire BEAM node aborts, taking down all applications running on it. This issue affects phoenix_storybook from 0.2.0 before 1.1.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on phoenix\_storybook, phenixdigital/phoenix\_storybook, upgrade to a fixed version (1.1.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/phenixdigital/phoenix_storybook/security/advisories/GHSA-833p-95jq-929q
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-8469.html
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-8469
- https://github.com/phenixdigital/phoenix_storybook/commit/96d524690af0fe197a49f60d18e564a620b9ef81

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