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CVE-2026-82760: team-alembic ash_authentication · Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

Affects team-alembic ash_authenticationSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.2 High : upgrade to 5.0.0-rc.14 or 4.15.0 soon.

Data as of 1 Nov 2026, 22:58 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.2High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 54% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 5.0.0-rc.14, 4.15.0
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

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 17 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 1 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade team-alembic ash_authentication to 5.0.0-rc.14 or 4.15.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
team-alembicash_authenticationAffected
  • >=5.0.0-rc.0 <5.0.0-rc.14
Fixed in
  • 5.0.0-rc.14
team-alembicash_authenticationAffected
  • >=4.8.0 <4.15.0
Fixed in
  • 4.15.0
team-alembicash_authenticationAffected
  • ≥ f3a53f480088419788d5c3934af3131fa9066773, < d5a5d4cb5cc17fbd6e2a120a6111b47accad4b8e
Fixed in–
Hexash_authenticationpkg:hex/ash_authenticationOther threatsAffected
  • >=4.8.0 <4.15.0
  • >=5.0.0-rc.0 <5.0.0-rc.14
Fixed in
  • 4.15.0
  • 5.0.0-rc.14

CPE configurations (1)

  • cpe:2.3:a:team-alembic:ash_authentication:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, consider implementing input size validation or rate limiting on API key submissions to mitigate resource exhaustion risks. Monitor for unusually large API key segments and block or throttle such requests.

Description

Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity vulnerability in team-alembic AshAuthentication allows an unauthenticated attacker to exhaust CPU and memory via an oversized base62 segment in a submitted API key. AshAuthentication.Base.decode62/1 in lib/ash_authentication/base.ex splits its argument into one binary per character and folds it with charval62/2, which recomputes Integer.pow(62, index) at every position instead of accumulating by Horner's method, so cost grows roughly cubically in the input length. bindecode62/1 in the same module is quadratic through Integer.undigits/2 and Integer.digits/2. Neither function caps byte_size/1, and AshAuthentication.Strategy.ApiKey.SignInPreparation passes the underscore-separated segments of the submitted key straight into both, before any key lookup and without prior authentication. The surrounding rescue clauses catch exceptions, not CPU or memory exhaustion. This issue affects ash_authentication: from 4.8.0 before 4.15.0 and from 5.0.0-rc.0 before 5.0.0-rc.14.

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