CVE-2026-82673

Path traversal in AshAdmin file uploads via unsanitized client filename

State
Published
Severity
8.3 High
Published
Aug 31, 2026
Updated
Aug 31, 2026
Reserved
Aug 30, 2026

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Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) vulnerability in ash-project ash_admin allows writing attacker-controlled bytes to arbitrary paths on the server.

AshAdmin.Components.Resource.Form.consume_file_uploads/1 builds the destination as Path.join([tmp_dir, entry.client_name]) and writes it with File.cp!/2. entry.client_name is the browser-supplied filename and is not sanitized, and Path.join/1 does not normalize ... An upload named ../../../../var/www/app/priv/static/x.png therefore escapes the random temp directory and lands anywhere the BEAM user can write, enabling arbitrary file write and potentially remote code execution by overwriting application assets, configuration, or cron/ssh files. The only guard is an extension allowlist defaulting to :any that checks only the extension. The fix strips path components with Path.basename/1 before joining.

This issue affects ash_admin: from 0.13.7 before 1.3.1.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.08.3 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:NEEF

Weaknesses

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
ash_adminash-project
  • 0.13.7 to before 1.3.1Affected
ash_adminash-project
  • e8f496b6a064ad67dc1cd30433e5921d2192d254 to before 4bb41cb697f3d9be58462d727aed75aba76efc82Affected

References

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