CVE-2026-119286 (GCVE-0-2026-119286)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-29 21:38 – Updated: 2026-10-30 15:58
VLAI
Title
GraphQL-core: Denial of service via memory leak in aborted validations
Summary
GraphQL-core is a Python port of the GraphQL.js reference implementation. From 3.3.0a3 until 3.3.1, validate() reuses a module-level ValidationAbortedError when a document exceeds max_errors. Python appends frames to the reused exception's traceback on every raise, retaining each document, validation context, and error set for the process lifetime. An unauthenticated client can repeatedly submit a small document with more than 100 validation errors to cause unbounded memory growth before query execution, eventually exhausting worker memory without disclosing or modifying data. This issue is fixed in version 3.3.1.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-30 15:47 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-401 - Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 8086 records in the last 180 days details
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
graphql-python graphql-core Affected: >= 3.3.0a3, < 3.3.1
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