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High · 7.5 CVE-2023-42319 EUVD-2023-2817GHSA-v9jh-j8px-98vq

go-ethereum vulnerable to denial of service via crafted GraphQL query

Published Oct 18, 2023 · Updated Sep 13, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Geth (aka go-ethereum) through 1.13.4, when --http --graphql is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon hang) via a crafted GraphQL query. NOTE: the vendor's position is that the "graphql endpoint [is not] designed to withstand attacks by hostile clients, nor handle huge amounts of clients/traffic.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum <= 1.13.4 — GHSA-v9jh-j8px-98vq

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