Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU86486

Uncontrolled Recursion in GraphQL server - CVE-2022-21708

Published: February 13, 2024

Vulnerability identifier: #VU86486

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21708

CWE-ID: CWE-674

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to an uncontrolled recursion. A remote user can execute a specially crafted query and perform a denial of service attack.

Affected software

GraphQL server
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

How to mitigate CVE-2022-21708

Install updates from vendor's website.

GraphQL server - update to 1.3.0
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - addressed in versions 4.12.60, 4.13.44, 4.14.12

External References

https://github.com/graph-gophers/graphql-go/security/advisories/GHSA-mh3m-8c74-74xh
https://github.com/graph-gophers/graphql-go/commit/eae31ca73eb3473c544710955d1dbebc22605bfe

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