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"dateUpdated": "2026-08-30T00:18:22.853Z",
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"title": "Sensitive fields nested in embedded values are not redacted in AshPaperTrail versions",
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"value": "Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability in ash-project ash_paper_trail allows an attacker with read access to the generated version resource to recover sensitive values nested inside embedded resources, unions, or lists.\n\nsensitive_attributes :redact and :ignore only act on the tracked resource's top-level attributes. maybe_redact_changes/3 and the stored-action-input path in AshPaperTrail.Resource.Changes.CreateNewVersion derive the sensitive set from the resource's own attributes and never descend into embedded, union, or list values, so a non-sensitive attribute or action argument that holds an embed with a sensitive? field (for example an accepted credentials embed carrying a token) is written to the version table in cleartext.\n\nThis issue affects ash_paper_trail: from 0.3.0 before 0.7.0.",
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"value": "<p>Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability in ash-project ash_paper_trail allows an attacker with read access to the generated version resource to recover sensitive values nested inside embedded resources, unions, or lists.</p>\n<p><code>sensitive_attributes :redact</code> and <code>:ignore</code> only act on the tracked resource's top-level attributes. <code>maybe_redact_changes/3</code> and the stored-action-input path in <code>AshPaperTrail.Resource.Changes.CreateNewVersion</code> derive the sensitive set from the resource's own attributes and never descend into embedded, union, or list values, so a non-sensitive attribute or action argument that holds an embed with a <code>sensitive?</code> field (for example an accepted credentials embed carrying a token) is written to the version table in cleartext.</p>\n<p>This issue affects ash_paper_trail: from 0.3.0 before 0.7.0.</p>"
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"url": "https://github.com/ash-project/ash_paper_trail/security/advisories/GHSA-v645-6jm6-cgpj",
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