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CVE-2021-43801

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-43801 describes a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability affecting Mercurius, a GraphQL adapter for Fastify, specifically versions 8.10.0 through 8.11.1. An attacker can trigger this DoS by sending a malformed JSON request to the /graphql endpoint, unless a custom error handler is in place. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 8.10.0, < 8.11.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mercurius_project:mercurius:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0152 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: mercuriusFixed in: 8.11.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-273r-rm8g-7f3xhigh

Uncaught Exception in mercurius

Dec 13, 2021

References

github.com / mercurius-js/mercurius/issues/677
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / mercurius-js/mercurius/pull/678/commits/732b2f895312da8deadd7b173dcd2d141d54b223
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / mercurius-js/mercurius/security/advisories/GHSA-273r-rm8g-7f3x
PatchThird Party Advisory