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CVE-2023-26144

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-26144 is a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting versions of the 'graphql' package from 16.3.0 up to, but not including, 16.8.1. It stems from insufficient checks when parsing large queries, allowing an attacker to degrade system performance. Rated with a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction or privileges. Its potential impact is limited to availability, as it can degrade system performance without necessarily crashing the process. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or Nuclei, or entries in ExploitDB. The vulnerability has also received minimal community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 16.3.0, < 16.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:graphql:graphql:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
17.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:graphql:graphql:17.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
17.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:graphql:graphql:17.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0120 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: graphqlFixed in: 16.8.1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Migration Toolkit for Virtualization 2.5Fixed in: migration-toolkit-virtualization/mtv-console-plugin-rhel9:2.5.2-5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4.4Fixed in: advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-main-rhel8:4.4.0-17
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Data Science (RHODS)Fixed in: rhods/odh-dashboard-rhel8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Dev SpacesFixed in: devspaces/code-rhel8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift ServerlessFixed in: graphql
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2Fixed in: rhacm2/search-api-rhel8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3Fixed in: advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-main-rhel8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-console

Vendor Advisories (2)

npmGHSA-9pv7-vfvm-6vr7medium

graphql Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability

Sep 20, 2023
redhatCVE-2023-26144Moderate

graphql: Insufficient checks in the OverlappingFieldsCanBeMergedRule.ts file when parsing large queries

Sep 18, 2023

References

github.com / graphql/graphql-js/commit/f94b511386c7e47bd0380dcd56553dc063320226
Patch
github.com / graphql/graphql-js/issues/3955
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / graphql/graphql-js/pull/3972
Product
github.com / graphql/graphql-js/releases/tag/v16.8.1
Release Notes
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-GRAPHQL-5905181
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory