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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-35523 EUVD-2026-19716GHSA-vpwc-v33q-mq89PYSEC-2026-133

Authentication bypass in strawberry-graphql via legacy graphql-ws WebSocket subprotocol

Published Apr 7, 2026 · Updated Apr 9, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Strawberry GraphQL is a library for creating GraphQL APIs. Strawberry up until version 0.312.3 is vulnerable to an authentication bypass on WebSocket subscription endpoints. The legacy graphql-ws subprotocol handler does not verify that a connection_init handshake has been completed before processing start (subscription) messages. This allows a remote attacker to skip the on_ws_connect authentication hook entirely by connecting with the graphql-ws subprotocol and sending a start message directly, without ever sending connection_init. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.312.3.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
strawberry-graphql strawberry < 0.312.3 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI strawberry-graphql < 0.312.3 0.312.3 GHSA-vpwc-v33q-mq89

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