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1 vulnerability by webonyx
CVE-2026-40476 (GCVE-0-2026-40476)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-17 21:42 – Updated: 2026-04-20 14:56
VLAI
Title
graphql-php: Denial of Service via quadratic complexity in OverlappingFieldsCanBeMerged validation
Summary
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.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-407 - Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/webonyx/graphql-php/security/a… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/webonyx/graphql-php/releases/t… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| webonyx | graphql-php |
Affected:
< 15.31.5
|
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