Resource exhaustion in graphql-js - CVE-2023-26144

 

Resource exhaustion in graphql-js - CVE-2023-26144

Published: October 26, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU82441
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-26144
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient checks in the OverlappingFieldsCanBeMergedRule.ts file when parsing large queries. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

graphql-js
Migration Toolkit for Virtualization
IBM Edge Application Manager
IBM Security QRadar Analyst Workflow
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps

How to mitigate CVE-2023-26144

Install updates from vendor's website.

graphql-js - update to 16.8.1
Migration Toolkit for Virtualization - update to 2.5.2
IBM Security QRadar Analyst Workflow - update to 2.32.0
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps - update to 4.2.1

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