CVE 6.9 MEDIUM

graphql-php: Denial of Service via quadratic complexity in OverlappingFieldsCanBeMerged validation_CVE-2026-40476

6.9 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Description

graphql-go is a Go implementation of GraphQL. In versions 15.31.4 and below, the OverlappingFieldsCanBeMerged validation rule performs O(n²) pairwise comparisons of fields sharing the same response name. An attacker can send a query with thousands of repeated identical fields, causing excessive CPU usage during validation before execution begins. This is not mitigated by existing QueryDepth or QueryComplexity rules. This issue has been fixed in version 15.31.5.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-40476
Source GitHub_M
Published Apr 17, 2026 at 21:42

Affected Product

Vendor webonyx
Product graphql-php
Version < 15.31.5
Affected Versions webonyx graphql-php < 15.31.5

CWE Classification

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