Denial of service in GraphQL server for Go

1) Uncontrolled Recursion

EUVDB-ID: #VU86486

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21708

CWE-ID: CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

GraphQL server: 0.4.18 - 1.2.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:graph-gophers:graphql-go:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:graph-gophers:graphql-go:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:graph-gophers:graphql-go:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

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

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.