7.5
HIGH
CVE-2023-41317
"Apollo Router Denial-of-Service Vulnerability"
Description

The Apollo Router is a configurable, high-performance graph router written in Rust to run a federated supergraph that uses Apollo Federation 2. Affected versions are subject to a Denial-of-Service (DoS) type vulnerability which causes the Router to panic and terminate when GraphQL Subscriptions are enabled. It can be triggered when **all of the following conditions are met**: 1. Running Apollo Router v1.28.0, v1.28.1 or v1.29.0 ("impacted versions"); **and** 2. The Supergraph schema provided to the Router (either via Apollo Uplink or explicitly via other configuration) **has a `subscription` type** with root-fields defined; **and** 3. The YAML configuration provided to the Router **has subscriptions enabled** (they are _disabled_ by default), either by setting `enabled: true` _or_ by setting a valid `mode` within the `subscriptions` object (as seen in [subscriptions' documentation](https://www.apollographql.com/docs/router/executing-operations/subscription-support/#router-setup)); **and** 4. An [anonymous](https://spec.graphql.org/draft/#sec-Anonymous-Operation-Definitions) (i.e., un-named) `subscription` operation (e.g., `subscription { ... }`) is received by the Router If **all four** of these criteria are met, the impacted versions will panic and terminate. There is no data-privacy risk or sensitive-information exposure aspect to this vulnerability. This is fixed in Apollo Router v1.29.1. Users are advised to upgrade. Updating to v1.29.1 should be a clear and simple upgrade path for those running impacted versions. However, if Subscriptions are **not** necessary for your Graph – but are enabled via configuration — then disabling subscriptions is another option to mitigate the risk.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 5, 2023, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 8, 2023, 4:49 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-41317 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apollographql apollo_router
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/apollographql/router/commit/b295c103dd86c57c848397d32e8094edfa8502aa Patch
https://github.com/apollographql/router/releases/tag/v1.29.1 Release Notes
https://github.com/apollographql/router/security/advisories/GHSA-w8vq-3hf9-xppx Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-41317 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 08, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/apollographql/router/commit/b295c103dd86c57c848397d32e8094edfa8502aa No Types Assigned https://github.com/apollographql/router/commit/b295c103dd86c57c848397d32e8094edfa8502aa Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/apollographql/router/releases/tag/v1.29.1 No Types Assigned https://github.com/apollographql/router/releases/tag/v1.29.1 Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/apollographql/router/security/advisories/GHSA-w8vq-3hf9-xppx No Types Assigned https://github.com/apollographql/router/security/advisories/GHSA-w8vq-3hf9-xppx Vendor Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_router:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.28.0 up to (excluding) 1.29.1
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.10 }} 0.01%

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0.41152

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