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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-119286 EUVD-2026-113404GHSA-mpqx-q82w-9x46

GraphQL-core: Denial of service via memory leak in aborted validations

Published Oct 29, 2026 · Updated Oct 30, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

GraphQL-core is a Python port of the GraphQL.js reference implementation. From 3.3.0a3 until 3.3.1, validate() reuses a module-level ValidationAbortedError when a document exceeds max_errors. Python appends frames to the reused exception's traceback on every raise, retaining each document, validation context, and error set for the process lifetime. An unauthenticated client can repeatedly submit a small document with more than 100 validation errors to cause unbounded memory growth before query execution, eventually exhausting worker memory without disclosing or modifying data. This issue is fixed in version 3.3.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
graphql-python graphql-core >= 3.3.0a3, < 3.3.1 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 graphql-core No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS graphql-core No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS graphql-core No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS graphql-core No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed python-graphql-core 3.3.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:12474-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI graphql-core >= 3.3.0a3, < 3.3.1 3.3.1 GHSA-mpqx-q82w-9x46

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