CVE-2026-8469CWE-770

Unauthenticated denial-of-service via BEAM atom table exhaustion in phoenix_storybook

High · published May 20, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.2
EPSS
1%
Percentile
43.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in phenixdigital phoenix_storybook allows unauthenticated denial-of-service via BEAM atom table exhaustion.

Multiple LiveView event handlers convert user-supplied event parameter strings to atoms using String.to_atom/1 without validation: 'Elixir.PhoenixStorybook.ExtraAssignsHelpers':handle_set_variation_assign/3 interns every key of the psb-assign params map; 'Elixir.PhoenixStorybook.ExtraAssignsHelpers':handle_toggle_variation_assign/3 interns the "attr" value from psb-toggle events; 'Elixir.PhoenixStorybook.ExtraAssignsHelpers':to_variation_id/2 interns elements of "variation_id"; and 'Elixir.PhoenixStorybook.ExtraAssignsHelpers':to_value/4 interns raw string values for attributes declared as :atom or :boolean. BEAM atoms are never garbage-collected, so each unique attacker-controlled string is a permanent allocation. Once the atom table ceiling (~1,048,576 atoms) is reached, the entire BEAM node aborts, taking down all applications running on it.

This issue affects phoenix_storybook from 0.2.0 before 1.1.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00524 · 43.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Published
2026-05-20T13:35Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 MAY 13:35Z
    Unauthenticated denial-of-service via BEAM atom table exhaustion in phoenix_storybook
    cvelistv5