---
id: CVE-2026-8467
aliases:
  - GHSA-55hg-8qxv-qj4p
title: >-
  PhoenixStorybook: Unauthenticated remote code execution via HEEx template
  injection in phoenix_storybook playground
summary: >-
  PhoenixStorybook: Unauthenticated remote code execution via HEEx template
  injection in phoenix_storybook playground
severity: critical
cwe:
  - CWE-94
vendor: phoenix_storybook
product: phoenix_storybook
ecosystem: erlang
affected:
  - 'phoenix_storybook >= 0.5.0, < 1.1.0'
patched:
  - phoenix_storybook 1.1.0
published: '2026-06-09'
updated: '2026-06-09'
source: GHSA
sourceUrl: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-55hg-8qxv-qj4p'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/phenixdigital/phoenix_storybook/security/advisories/GHSA-55hg-8qxv-qj4p
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8467'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/phenixdigital/phoenix_storybook/commit/56ab8464d4375fa52db806148a06cce126ad481d
  - url: 'https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-8467.html'
  - url: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-8467'
  - url: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-55hg-8qxv-qj4p'
tags:
  - ghsa
  - erlang
  - exploit-available
epss: 0.02111
epssPercentile: 0.81009
ingestedAt: '2026-07-07T15:41:59.597Z'
exploits:
  github: 1
  githubRepos:
    - 'https://github.com/HORKimhab/CVE-2026-8467'
  checkedAt: '2026-09-24T07:53:21.079Z'
exploitAvailable: true
---

## Overview

### Summary
An unsafe HEEx template generation vulnerability allows any unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary code on the server. The phoenix_storybook playground accepts user-controlled attribute values over WebSocket and interpolates them unsanitized into a HEEx template that is subsequently compiled and evaluated with full Elixir `Kernel` access.

### Details
The vulnerability is a three-step chain:

**1. Unsanitized WebSocket input (`extra_assigns_helpers.ex`)**
The `psb-assign` event handler in `PhoenixStorybook.Story.PlaygroundPreviewLive` accepts arbitrary attribute names and values from unauthenticated WebSocket clients and  stores them verbatim via `ExtraAssignsHelpers.handle_set_variation_assign/3`.

**2. Unescaped interpolation into HEEx (`component_renderer.ex`)**
`ComponentRenderer.attributes_markup/1` builds a HEEx template string by interpolating binary attribute values directly:
```elixir
{name, val} when is_binary(val) ->
  ~s|#{name}="#{val}"|
```
No escaping of `"` or `{` is performed. A value such as `foo" injected={EXPR} bar="` breaks out of the attribute string and injects `EXPR` as an inline HEEx expression.

**3. Unsandboxed evaluation (`component_renderer.ex`)**
The resulting HEEx string is compiled via `EEx.compile_string/2` and evaluated via `Code.eval_quoted_with_env/3` with full `Kernel` imports and no sandbox. The injected expression executes on the server even if it causes a rendering error.

### PoC
1. Identify any story URL with a Playground tab (e.g. `/storybook/core_components/button`).
2. Connect to the Phoenix LiveView WebSocket without any authentication.
3. Join the story's LiveView channel and send a `psb-assign` event with an attribute value that escapes the HEEx attribute context and embeds an Elixir expression (e.g. a `System.cmd/2` call).
4. The server evaluates the injected expression and returns its output in the rendered response.

No authentication, no special configuration, and no user interaction are required.

### Impact
This is a pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability. Any user able to reach the storybook endpoint, including unauthenticated internet users if the storybook is publicly deployed, can execute arbitrary operating system commands with the privileges of the server process. All versions of `phoenix_storybook` from 0.5.0 before 1.1.0 are affected.

## Resources

* Introduction Commit: https://github.com/phenixdigital/phoenix_storybook/commit/e35379dfe2ef1a71b141899e36f431017c55265d
* Patch Commit: https://github.com/phenixdigital/phoenix_storybook/commit/56ab8464d4375fa52db806148a06cce126ad481d

## Affected packages

- `phoenix_storybook >= 0.5.0, < 1.1.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `phoenix_storybook 1.1.0`