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critical 9.8

CVE-2026-41492 json

Unauthenticated Admin Token Disclosure Leading to Authentication Bypass via /debug/vars in Dgraph

published 6mo ago modified 15d ago also EUVD-2026-25599 , GHSA-vvf7-6rmr-m29q , GO-2026-5675

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Dgraph is an open source distributed GraphQL database. Prior to 25.3.3, Dgraphl exposes the process command line through the unauthenticated /debug/vars endpoint on Alpha. Because the admin token is commonly supplied via the --security "token=..." startup flag, an unauthenticated attacker can retrieve that token and replay it in the X-Dgraph-AuthToken header to access admin-only endpoints. This is a variant of the previously fixed /debug/pprof/cmdline issue, but the current fix is incomplete because it blocks only /debug/pprof/cmdline and still serves http.DefaultServeMux, which includes expvar's /debug/vars handler. This vulnerability is fixed in 25.3.3.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/v25 25.3.3
  • go github.com/hypermodeinc/dgraph/v24 24.1.9
  • dgraph dgraph 25.3.3
  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
6mo ago

Exploit prediction

3.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template Dgraph <= 25.3.2 - Admin Token Disclosure nuclei detection template
  • github.com https://github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/security/advisories/GHSA-vvf7-6rmr-m29q referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/v25
<25.3.3
25.3.3
go github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/v24
<=24.1.8
 no fix listed
go github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph
<=1.2.8
all versions
 no fix listed
go github.com/hypermodeinc/dgraph/v24
<24.1.9
24.1.9

Affected products

  • dgraph-io dgraph

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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