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FKIE_CVE-2023-22477

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-01-09 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:35
Severity
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Mercurius is a GraphQL adapter for Fastify. Any users of Mercurius until version 10.5.0 are subjected to a denial of service attack by sending a malformed packet over WebSocket to `/graphql`. This issue was patched in #940. As a workaround, users can disable subscriptions.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/mercurius-js/mercurius/issues/939Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/mercurius-js/mercurius/pull/940Patch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/mercurius-js/mercurius/security/advisories/GHSA-cm8h-q92v-xcfcPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/mercurius-js/mercurius/issues/939Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/mercurius-js/mercurius/pull/940Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/mercurius-js/mercurius/security/advisories/GHSA-cm8h-q92v-xcfcPatch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mercurius_project mercurius *
mercurius_project mercurius *
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