Vulnerability Description
Improper Authentication vulnerability in team-alembic AshAuthentication allows an attacker to be signed in as another user by linking an OAuth2 identity to an account that is not theirs. AshAuthentication.Strategy.OAuth2.UserResolver.resolve/3 matches an existing account using the register action's upsert_identity keys, then gates linking the incoming provider identity to it on email_trusted?/2, which reads only the provider's email_verified boolean and never compares the provider's email value with the matched account's email. That gate assumes the account was matched by its email field, so under any other upsert_identity it is vacuous and an attacker presenting their own verified email is attached to, and issued a session for, an account matched on some other attribute. The same unguarded gate applies in OAuth2.SignInPreparation on the registration_enabled? false path, where the account is matched by the sign-in action's read filter instead. The upsert also rewrites the matched account's email to the attacker's address, so later account recovery reaches the attacker rather than the owner. This issue affects ash_authentication: from 4.14.0 before 4.15.0 and from 5.0.0-rc.10 before 5.0.0-rc.14.
Related Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-88952.html
- https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/2bd630eef8b7c8ae1e90e8
- https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/42edcd8ebb13fafbb168f1
- https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/64530644f9b37ebb76ca14
- https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/738bf9f32f2aa0d1bb92ce
- https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/security/advisories/GHSA-wc6x
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-88952
FAQ
What is CVE-2026-88952?
CVE-2026-88952 is a documented vulnerability. Improper Authentication vulnerability in team-alembic AshAuthentication allows an attacker to be signed in as another user by linking an OAuth2 identity to an account that is not theirs. AshAuthentic...
How severe is CVE-2026-88952?
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Is there a patch for CVE-2026-88952?
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