UBUNTU-CVE-2023-26144

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-26144

    Published: 20 Sept 2023Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-26144

    Summary:

    Details: Versions of the package graphql from 16.3.0 and before 16.8.1 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to insufficient checks in the OverlappingFieldsCanBeMergedRule.ts file when parsing large queries. This vulnerability allows an attacker to degrade system performance. **Note:** It was not proven that this vulnerability can crash the process.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-26144, https://github.com/graphql/graphql-js/commit/f94b511386c7e47bd0380dcd56553dc063320226, https://github.com/graphql/graphql-js/pull/3972, https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-GRAPHQL-5905181, https://github.com/graphql/graphql-js/issues/3955, https://github.com/graphql/graphql-js/releases/tag/v16.8.1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-26144

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: node-graphql

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-graphql?arch=source&distro=jammy

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    15.5.0-1
    15.5.0-2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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