FKIE_CVE-2026-54894

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-01 19:16 - Updated: 2026-08-06 14:33
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in ueberauth guardian allows denial of service via unbounded atom creation from attacker-influenced binary input. Guardian.Plug.Keys derives connection and session namespace keys by passing arbitrary binaries to String.to_atom/1. base_key/1 in lib/guardian/plug/keys.ex converts any binary into the atom :"guardian_<input>", and the derived helpers claims_key/1, resource_key/1, and token_key/1 create a second atom on top of that. key_from_other/1 likewise converts a regex-captured binary through String.to_atom/1. The public specs advertise String.t() as a valid argument, so passing a string is documented usage, and higher-level entry points such as Guardian.Plug.current_token(conn, key: key) thread the caller-supplied key straight into these functions. String.to_atom/1 creates a brand-new atom for every previously unseen binary, atoms are never garbage collected, and the BEAM atom table is fixed at roughly 1,048,576 entries by default. An application that routes attacker-influenced data (a tenant identifier, header, or other request input) into a Guardian key therefore mints one permanent atom per distinct value. A modest stream of varied, unauthenticated input permanently consumes the atom table and crashes the BEAM node, taking down every application running on it. This issue affects guardian: from 0.1.0 before 2.4.1.
References
6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49dbhttps://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-54894.htmlThird Party Advisory
6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49dbhttps://github.com/ueberauth/guardian/commit/2952657e42e6341a67e6aaad09d8f0b40ae917cbPatch
6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49dbhttps://github.com/ueberauth/guardian/security/advisories/GHSA-xqch-c77q-rgh5Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49dbhttps://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-54894Third Party Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/ueberauth/guardian/security/advisories/GHSA-xqch-c77q-rgh5Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ueberauth guardian *
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            "\u0027Elixir.Guardian.Plug.Keys\u0027"
          ],
          "packageName": "guardian",
          "packageURL": "pkg:hex/guardian",
          "product": "guardian",
          "programFiles": [
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            },
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            },
            {
              "name": "\u0027Elixir.Guardian.Plug.Keys\u0027:resource_key/1"
            },
            {
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            }
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  "lastModified": "2026-08-06T14:33:19.953",
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