CVE-2026-88952

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.19.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This critical-severity CVE scores 9.1 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.7%, top 47% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
9.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 9.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
9.1
EG Score
9.1(medium)
EG Risk
41(Track)
EG Risk 41/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity91% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
53%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 17, 2026

Last Modified

September 18, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Sep 17, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github, github_commit.
github_commit Patch Available

commit 2bd630eef8b7 (team-alembic/ash_authentication)

Patch available: team-alembic/ash_authentication v4.15.0 (contains commit 2bd630eef8b7)

https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/2bd630eef8b7c8ae1e90e8fd43ba12fbc7e256ba
github_commit Patch Available

commit 738bf9f32f2a (team-alembic/ash_authentication)

Patch available: team-alembic/ash_authentication v5.0.0-rc.14 (contains commit 738bf9f32f2a)

https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/738bf9f32f2aa0d1bb92ce9ca5c2476cb5710459
github_commit Patch Available

commit 42edcd8ebb13 (team-alembic/ash_authentication)

Patch available: team-alembic/ash_authentication v4.14.0 (contains commit 42edcd8ebb13)

https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/42edcd8ebb13fafbb168f12591d7518ce0611fec
github_commit Patch Available

commit 64530644f9b3 (team-alembic/ash_authentication)

Patch available: team-alembic/ash_authentication v5.0.0-rc.10 (contains commit 64530644f9b3)

https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/commit/64530644f9b37ebb76ca14aeb83a77597a0034b7
generic

OSV - Open Source Vulnerabilities

https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-88952
github Patch Available

OAuth2 sign-in attaches to an existing account without comparing emails when the upsert identity is not the email field · Advisory · team-alembic/ash_authentication · GitHub

https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/security/advisories/GHSA-wc6x-276q-jrf9

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Hex(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
ash_authentication4.14.0 ... 5.0.0-rc.13 (7 versions)5.0.0-rc.14—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 13× in last 7d / 18× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-24 15:05 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-23 19:20 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-22 16:13 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-22 00:41 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-20 21:03 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-19 17:50 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-18 22:23 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-17 20:27 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-17 19:39 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-17 15:23 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-17 14:34 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-17 14:34 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-88952?
CVE-2026-88952 is a critical vulnerability published on September 17, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-88952 disclosed?
CVE-2026-88952 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 17, 2026, with the most recent update on September 18, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-88952 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-88952 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 47.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-88952?
CVE-2026-88952 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-88952?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-88952, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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