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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVE-2023-49559

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

An issue in github.com/vektah/gqlparser open-source-library in versions prior to 2.5.14 and in github.com/99designs/gqlgen versions 0.11.2 through 0.17.48 allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack via a crafted script to the "parserDirectives" function.

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  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
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  • LOW

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published