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GHSA-cm8h-q92v-xcfc
No affected components available
Impact
Any users of Mercurius until version v11.5.0 are subjected to a denial of service attack by sending a malformed packet over WebSocket to /graphql.
Patches
This was patched in https://github.com/mercurius-js/mercurius/pull/940. The patch was released as v11.5.0 and v8.13.2.
Workarounds
Disable subscriptions.
References
Reported publicly as https://github.com/mercurius-js/mercurius/issues/939. The same problem was solved in https://github.com/fastify/fastify-websocket/pull/228
The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a low impact on the availability of the system.
Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.
The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.
We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.
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