CVE-2023-26144

Summary

CVECVE-2023-26144
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-09-20 05:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 04:09:00 UTC
DescriptionVersions of the package graphql from 16.3.0 and before 16.8.1 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to insufficient checks in the OverlappingFieldsCanBeMergedRule.ts file when parsing large queries. This vulnerability allows an attacker to degrade system performance. **Note:** It was not proven that this vulnerability can crash the process.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Graphql Graphql All All All All
Application Graphql Graphql 17.0.0 alpha1 All All
Application Graphql Graphql 17.0.0 alpha2 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Resource exhaustion exploit when parsing queries · Issue #3955 · graphql/graphql-js · GitHub MISC github.com
Denial of Service (DoS) in graphql | CVE-2023-26144 | Snyk MISC security.snyk.io
Release v16.8.1 · graphql/graphql-js · GitHub MISC github.com
Release 16.8.1 to address resource exhaustion vulnerability by AaronMoat · Pull Request #3972 · graphql/graphql-js · GitHub MISC github.com
OverlappingFieldsCanBeMergedRule: Fix performance degradation (#3958) · graphql/graphql-js@f94b511 · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 995345 NodeJs (Npm) Security Update for graphql (GHSA-9pv7-vfvm-6vr7)

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