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CVE-2023-28867

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-28867 is a stack consumption vulnerability affecting GraphQL Java (graphql-java) versions prior to 20.1. An unauthenticated attacker can remotely trigger a denial of service by sending a specially crafted GraphQL query. While rated as High severity (CVSS 7.5) due to its remote, low-complexity nature and high availability impact, there is currently no public exploit code, Metasploit modules, or evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 17.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:graphql-java:graphql-java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 18.0, < 18.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:graphql-java:graphql-java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 19.0, < 19.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:graphql-java:graphql-java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
20.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:graphql-java:graphql-java:20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0105 is in the 38th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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 (10)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.graphql-java:graphql-javaFixed in: 17.5
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.graphql-java:graphql-javaFixed in: 18.4
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.graphql-java:graphql-javaFixed in: 19.4
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.graphql-java:graphql-javaFixed in: 20.1
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.graphql-java:graphql-javaFixed in: 0.0.0-2023-03-20T01-49-44-80e3135
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat build of Quarkus 2.13.8.FinalFixed in: com.graphql-java/graphql-java:19.4.0.redhat-00001
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHINT Service Registry 2.4.3 GAFixed in: graphql-java
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Integration Camel K 1Fixed in: graphql-java
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Application RuntimesFixed in: graphql-java

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-p4qx-6w5p-4rj2high

GraphQL Java vulnerable to stack consumption

Mar 27, 2023
redhatCVE-2023-28867Moderate

graphql-java: crafted GraphQL query causes stack consumption

Mar 27, 2023

References

github.com / graphql-java/graphql-java/pull/3112
Issue TrackingPatch
github.com / graphql-java/graphql-java/releases/tag/v17.5
Release Notes
github.com / graphql-java/graphql-java/releases/tag/v18.4
Release Notes
github.com / graphql-java/graphql-java/releases/tag/v19.4
Release Notes
github.com / graphql-java/graphql-java/releases/tag/v20.1
Release Notes