CVE-2026-119286GraphQL-core: Denial of service via memory leak in aborted validations
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 0.42%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 63% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
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Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 63% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
- affected >= 3.3.0a3, < 3.3.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIgraphql-coreGHSA-mpqx-q82w-9x46 (opens in a new tab)
References
References5
- https://github.com/graphql-python/graphql-core/security/advisories/GHSA-mpqx-q82w-9x46 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/graphql-python/graphql-core/issues/287 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/graphql-python/graphql-core/pull/288 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/graphql-python/graphql-core/commit/3c319fd9f4b8f6c9db4189520561bf8dd0e70be9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/graphql-python/graphql-core/releases/tag/v3.3.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-113404 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-mpqx-q82w-9x46 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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