CVE-2026-118505 (GCVE-0-2026-118505)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-11-03 15:47 – Updated: 2026-11-03 17:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
AshAuthentication brute_force_strategy does not limit sign-in and request actions defined on the resource
Summary
Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability in team-alembic ash_authentication allows an unauthenticated attacker to guess passwords and one-time passwords without limit.
The password, magic link and OTP strategies enforce brute_force_strategy by adding a preparation only to the actions they generate. When the resource defines one of those actions itself, the strategy uses it as written and nothing checked that it carried the preparation, so the setting compiled and applied no limit. The generators produce exactly this: mix ash_authentication.install writes sign_in_with_password, request_password_reset_token and request_magic_link, mix ash_authentication.upgrade then adds brute_force_strategy to those strategies, and mix ash_authentication.add_strategy.otp writes its OTP actions without the preparation. Separately, with registration_enabled? true the OTP sign-in is a create action, which preparations do not run on, so brute_force_strategy {:preparation, module} never applied to it.
This issue affects ash_authentication: from 5.0.0-rc.4 before 5.0.0-rc.16.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-11-03 17:47 UTC
CWE
- CWE-307 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authenticatio… | vendor-advisoryrelated |
| https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-118505.html | related |
| https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-118505 | related |
| https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authenticatio… | related |
| https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authenticatio… | patch |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| team-alembic | ash_authentication |
Affected:
5.0.0-rc.4 , < 5.0.0-rc.16
(semver)
cpe:2.3:a:team-alembic:ash_authentication:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
||
| team-alembic | ash_authentication |
Affected:
800caa0d4a5bee1f28ad427f4c12fab72003a577 , < 7117b5da5b73ee4cdb372e4adfbaff409b527125
(git)
cpe:2.3:a:team-alembic:ash_authentication:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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