CVE-2021-43801
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.5)—
Mercurius is a GraphQL adapter for Fastify. Any users from Mercurius@8.10.0 to 8.11.1 are subjected to a denial of service attack by sending a malformed JSON to `/graphql` unless they are using a custom error handler. The vulnerability has been fixed in https://github.com/mercurius-js/mercurius/pull/678 and shipped as v8.11.2. As a workaround users may use a custom error handler.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.52%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 74
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-754
Referencias
- https://github.com/mercurius-js/mercurius/issues/677
- https://github.com/mercurius-js/mercurius/pull/678/commits/732b2f895312da8deadd7b173dcd2d141d54b223
- https://github.com/mercurius-js/mercurius/security/advisories/GHSA-273r-rm8g-7f3x
- https://github.com/mercurius-js/mercurius/issues/677
- https://github.com/mercurius-js/mercurius/pull/678/commits/732b2f895312da8deadd7b173dcd2d141d54b223
- https://github.com/mercurius-js/mercurius/security/advisories/GHSA-273r-rm8g-7f3x
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