VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-23897
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.69%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-02-04
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
Apollo Server is an open-source, spec-compliant GraphQL server that's compatible with any GraphQL client, including Apollo Client. In versions from 2.0.0 to 3.13.0, 4.2.0 to before 4.13.0, and 5.0.0 to before 5.4.0, the default configuration of startStandaloneServer from @apollo/server/standalone is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) attacks through specially crafted request bodies with exotic character set encodings. This issue does not affect users that use @apollo/server as a dependency for integration packages, like @as-integrations/express5 or @as-integrations/next, only direct usage of startStandaloneServer.
Weakness classification
- security-advisories@github.com: CWE-1333
Primary references
- security-advisories@github.com — Patch
- security-advisories@github.com — Patch
- security-advisories@github.com — Mitigation, Vendor Advisory