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ubuntu-cve-2022-21708

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2022-01-21 23:15

Modified

2025-10-24 04:53

Summary

Details

graphql-go is a GraphQL server with a focus on ease of use. In versions prior to 1.3.0 there exists a DoS vulnerability that is possible due to a bug in the library that would allow an attacker with specifically designed queries to cause stack overflow panics. Any user with access to the GraphQL handler can send these queries and cause stack overflows. This in turn could potentially compromise the ability of the server to serve data to its users. The issue has been patched in version v1.3.0. The only known workaround for this issue is to disable the graphql.MaxDepth option from your schema which is not recommended.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-21708	REPORT
	https://github.com/graph-gophers/graphql-go/commi…	REPORT
	https://github.com/graph-gophers/graphql-go/secur…	REPORT
	https://github.com/graph-gophers/graphql-go/pull/492	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-21708	REPORT

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CVE-2022-21708 (GCVE-0-2022-21708)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-21 22:25 – Updated: 2025-04-23 19:09

Title

Denial of Service in graphql-go

Summary

graphql-go is a GraphQL server with a focus on ease of use. In versions prior to 1.3.0 there exists a DoS vulnerability that is possible due to a bug in the library that would allow an attacker with specifically designed queries to cause stack overflow panics. Any user with access to the GraphQL handler can send these queries and cause stack overflows. This in turn could potentially compromise the ability of the server to serve data to its users. The issue has been patched in version `v1.3.0`. The only known workaround for this issue is to disable the `graphql.MaxDepth` option from your schema which is not recommended.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/graph-gophers/graphql-go/secur…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/graph-gophers/graphql-go/commi…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
graph-gophers	graphql-go	Affected: < 1.3.0

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ubuntu-cve-2022-21708

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2022-21708 (GCVE-0-2022-21708)

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