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

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 18, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 13, 2024

Package

gomod github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum (Go)

Affected versions

<= 1.13.4

Patched versions

None

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 18, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 18, 2023
Reviewed Oct 18, 2023
Last updated Sep 13, 2024

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.157%
(53rd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-42319

GHSA ID

GHSA-v9jh-j8px-98vq

Source code

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