---
id: CVE-2026-78038
title: >-
  Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes
  vulnerability in ash-project ash_oban allows a user whose input reaches the
  :args option of AshOban.build_trigger/3 to retarget an update or destroy
  trigger a…
summary: >-
  Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes
  vulnerability in ash-project ash_oban allows a user whose input reaches the
  :args option of AshOban.build_trigger/3 to retarget an update or destroy
  trigger a…
severity: none
cwe:
  - CWE-915
published: '2026-08-30'
updated: '2026-08-30'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78038'
references:
  - url: 'https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-78038.html'
    label: 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/ash-project/ash_oban/commit/da2d81e1e8e1dcc3e6ec8587cdb4f273575ffca3
    label: 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/ash-project/ash_oban/security/advisories/GHSA-gj9p-x393-rf9h
    label: 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
  - url: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-78038'
    label: 6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-08-30T17:55:39.828Z'
epss: 0.00377
epssPercentile: 0.28975
---

## Overview

Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes vulnerability in ash-project ash_oban allows a user whose input reaches the :args option of AshOban.build_trigger/3 to retarget an update or destroy trigger at another record, including across tenants.

build_trigger/3 builds the trusted job arguments with atom keys (:primary_key, :tenant, :action_arguments) and merges the caller's :args underneath so the trusted values win on collision. Because Oban job arguments round-trip through JSON, the caller's keys arrive as strings, so Map.merge sees no collision and both keys survive. When the job is persisted the JSON object is de-duplicated keeping the last (string) key, and the worker reads the caller's value. The documentation describes :args as unable to affect the action, so an application that forwards user input into it for uniqueness scoping is exposed to authorization bypass and tenant isolation breaks.

This issue affects ash_oban: from 0.2.5 before 0.8.14.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.