Advisory record · GHSA-vj8h-fx38-h3vc

GraphQL-core: Denial of service via quadratic complexity in the OverlappingFieldsCanBeMerged validation rule

CVSS 7.5 HighEPSS 0.0060 · 48th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 22 Oct 2026, 16:26 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
graphql-corePyPI>=3.0.0, <3.2.12 || >=3.3.0a1, <3.3.0rc13.2.12, 3.3.0rc1
Identifiers
GHSA-vj8h-fx38-h3vc · CVE-2026-75507
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-400 · CWE-407
Published
22 Oct 2026
Updated
22 Oct 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

GraphQL-core (PyPI package graphql-core) versions 3.0.0 up to but not including 3.2.12, and 3.3.0a1 up to but not including 3.3.0rc1, are vulnerable. A single small, highly compressible query can make the OverlappingFieldsCanBeMerged validation rule run for minutes on one CPU core, enabling denial of service by unauthenticated remote requests. Upgrade to graphql-core 3.2.12 or 3.3.0rc1, which cap the number of field comparisons per document. Until then, reject oversized documents after decompression before they reach validation.

Written 1 Nov 2026.

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.5 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CNA (GitHub_M)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0060, the 48th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:08 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:08 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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