CVE-2021-47713

Hasura GraphQL 1.3.3 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to overwhelm the service by crafting malicious GraphQL queries with excessive nested fields. Attackers can send repeated requests with extremely long query strings and multiple threads to consume server resources and potentially crash the GraphQL endpoint.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/hasura/graphql-engine	Product
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49789	Exploit
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hasura-graphql-denial-of-service-via-malicious-graphql-query	Third Party Advisory Exploit

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:hasura:graphql_engine:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-12-22 22:15

Updated : 2025-12-26 16:56

NVD link : CVE-2021-47713

Mitre link : CVE-2021-47713

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-47713

JSON object : View

Products Affected

hasura

graphql_engine

CWE

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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