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GHSA-733v-p3h5-qpq7 json

GraphQL Armor Cost-Limit Plugin Bypass via Introspection Query Obfuscation

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cvss
5.3
version 3.0, GitHub
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Summary

### Summary A query cost restriction using the `cost-limit` can be bypassed if `ignoreIntrospection` is enabled (which is the default configuration) by naming your query/fragment `__schema`.

### Details At the start of the `computeComplexity` function, we have the following check for `ignoreIntrospection` option:

```ts if (this.config.ignoreIntrospection && 'name' in node && node.name?.value === '__schema') { return 0; } ```

However, the `node` can be `FieldNode | FragmentDefinitionNode | InlineFragmentNode | OperationDefinitionNode | FragmentSpreadNode`

So, for example, sending the following query

```gql query hello { books { title } } ```

would create an `OperationDefinitionNode` with `node.name.value == 'hello'`

The proper way to handle this would be to check for the `__schema` field, which would create a `FieldNode`.

The fix is

```ts if ( this.config.ignoreIntrospection && 'name' in node && node.name?.value === '__schema' && node.kind === Kind.FIELD ) { return 0; } ```

to assert that the node must be a `FieldNode`

### PoC ```gql query { ...__schema }

fragment __schema on Query { books { title author } } ```

```gql query __schema { books { title author } } ```

### Impact Applications using GraphQL Armor Cost Limit plugin with `ignoreIntrospection` enabled.

### Fix: Fixed on [772](https://github.com/Escape-Technologies/graphql-armor/pull/772). A quick patch would be to set `ignoreIntrospection` to false.

Patch / fix

  • npm @escape.tech/graphql-armor-cost-limit 2.4.2

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CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
GitHub 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm @escape.tech/graphql-armor-cost-limit
<2.4.2
2.4.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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