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CVE-2026-81636: CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in ash-project ash_graphql

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High
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-81636cvecve-2026-81636cwe-770
Published: 08/30/2026 (08/30/2026, 18:25:29 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: ash-project
Product: ash_graphql

Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in ash-project ash_graphql allows an unauthenticated client to bypass the configured GraphQL query-complexity limit and force an unbounded database read. AshGraphql.Graphql.Resolver.query_complexity/3 multiplies child complexity by the requested page size only when the argument map contains :limit (offset pagination). Relay connections and keyset pagination use first and last, which never match that clause and fall through to the catch-all that returns child_complexity + 1. A nested relay query such as posts(first: 500) { edges { node { comments(first: 500) { ... } } } } therefore scores as trivially cheap while materializing the full fan-out, passing an Absinthe max_complexity cap that rejects the equivalent limit-based query. The fix adds first and last clauses clamped to the action's page size. This issue affects ash_graphql: from 0.16.23 before 1.11.0.

CVSS v4.0

Score 8.7high

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Vuln. Confidentiality
None
Vuln. Integrity
None
Vuln. Availability
High
Subsq. Confidentiality
None
Subsq. Integrity
None
Subsq. Availability
None
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected software

ash_graphql
pkg:hex/ash_graphql
Affected versions
>=0.16.23 <1.11.0
GitHub Actionsmore threats →cve
ash-project/ash_graphql
pkg:github/ash-project/ash_graphql
CPE configurations
cpe:2.3:a:ash-project:ash_graphql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
EEF
Date Reserved
2026-08-30T02:00:02.143Z
Cvss Version
4.0
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 6a9478a8acd9273b49e0bf54

Added to database: 08/30/2026, 18:38:32 UTC

Last updated: 08/30/2026, 19:52:02 UTC

Views: 5

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