SCA: security update for graphql (GHSA-9pv7-vfvm-6vr7)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 413407

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Versions of the package graphql from 16.3.0 and before 16.8.1 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS)
due to insufficient checks in the OverlappingFieldsCanBeMergedRule.ts file when parsing large queries.
This vulnerability allows an attacker to degrade system performance. **Note:** It was not proven that this
vulnerability can crash the process. (CVE-2023-26144)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9pv7-vfvm-6vr7

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 413407

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-26144

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/20/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-26144

cwe: CWE-400