AshAuthentication.Plug.Helpers.sign_in_using_remember_me/3 skips re-authenticating an already-signed-in visitor by checking the session for "<subject_name>_token", but store_in_session/2 writes that key only when require_token_presence_for_authentication? is enabled and otherwise writes the bare subject name. At the default setting the guard therefore reads a key that is never written, its already-signed-in branch is unreachable, and the remember-me sign-in runs on every request through the per-request browser pipeline plug. A planted remember-me cookie is consequently honoured even for a visitor holding a live authenticated session, so whatever the victim enters afterwards lands in data the attacker controls. The read path in authenticate_resource_from_session/4 selects the key correctly, so the guard and the reader disagree about which key holds the session.
This issue affects ash_authentication: from 4.10.0 before 4.15.0 and from 5.0.0-rc.0 before 5.0.0-rc.14.
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Solution
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Workaround
Set require_token_presence_for_authentication? true on the authenticated resource's token configuration. store_in_session/2 then writes the key the guard reads, so the already-signed-in branch fires and the remember-me sign-in no longer runs against a live session. Note this changes session storage semantics for the whole application and requires a token resource. Otherwise remove the remember-me plug from the browser pipeline, which disables remember-me auto-login entirely.
Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:15:00 +0000
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| Description | Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability in team-alembic ash_authentication allows an attacker who can plant a remember-me cookie in a victim's browser to replace that victim's authenticated session with one for the attacker's own account. AshAuthentication.Plug.Helpers.sign_in_using_remember_me/3 skips re-authenticating an already-signed-in visitor by checking the session for "<subject_name>_token", but store_in_session/2 writes that key only when require_token_presence_for_authentication? is enabled and otherwise writes the bare subject name. At the default setting the guard therefore reads a key that is never written, its already-signed-in branch is unreachable, and the remember-me sign-in runs on every request through the per-request browser pipeline plug. A planted remember-me cookie is consequently honoured even for a visitor holding a live authenticated session, so whatever the victim enters afterwards lands in data the attacker controls. The read path in authenticate_resource_from_session/4 selects the key correctly, so the guard and the reader disagree about which key holds the session. This issue affects ash_authentication: from 4.10.0 before 4.15.0 and from 5.0.0-rc.0 before 5.0.0-rc.14. | |
| Title | Remember-me sign-in guard reads a session key that is never written in ash_authentication, allowing session replacement | |
| First Time appeared |
Team-alembic
Team-alembic ash Authentication |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-290 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:team-alembic:ash_authentication:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Team-alembic
Team-alembic ash Authentication |
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| Metrics |
cvssV4_0
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: EEF
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-17T21:57:50.146Z
Reserved: 2026-09-17T05:30:01.744Z
Link: CVE-2026-76949
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-17T22:17:03.883
Modified: 2026-09-17T22:17:03.883
Link: CVE-2026-76949
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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