PT-2023-27902 · Unknown · Apollo Router

Nmoutschen · CVE-2023-41317 · Published 2023-09-05 · Updated 2023-09-08

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apollo Router versions 1.28.0 through 1.29.0

Description The Apollo Router is subject to a Denial-of-Service (DoS) type vulnerability which causes the Router to panic and terminate when GraphQL Subscriptions are enabled. This can be triggered when all of the following conditions are met:

1. Running an impacted version of Apollo Router;
2. The Supergraph schema has a subscription type with root-fields defined;
3. The YAML configuration has subscriptions enabled;
4. An anonymous subscription operation is received by the Router. There is no data-privacy risk or sensitive-information exposure aspect to this vulnerability.

Recommendations For Apollo Router versions 1.28.0 through 1.29.0, update to version 1.29.1 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling subscriptions if they are not necessary for your Graph.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-755

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-41317

GHSA-W8VQ-3HF9-XPPX

Affected Products

Apollo Router

References · 12

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/41xxx/CVE-2023-41317.json · Exploit
• https://github.com/apollographql/router/security/advisories/GHSA-w8vq-3hf9-xppx · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/apollographql/router/commit/b295c103dd86c57c848397d32e8094edfa8502aa · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41317 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-41317 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-w8vq-3hf9-xppx · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/apollographql/router · Note
• https://github.com/apollographql/router/releases/tag/v1.29.1 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1699129838194376922 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1699157798435570132 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1699301506212880446 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/69896 · Telegram Post