Unnamed "Subscription" operation results in Denial-of-Service in apollographql/router
Description
The Apollo Router is a configurable, high-performance graph router written in Rust to run a federated supergraph that uses Apollo Federation 2. Affected versions are subject to a Denial-of-Service (DoS) type vulnerability which causes the Router to panic and terminate when GraphQL Subscriptions are enabled. It can be triggered when all of the following conditions are met: 1. Running Apollo Router v1.28.0, v1.28.1 or v1.29.0 ("impacted versions"); and 2. The Supergraph schema provided to the Router (either via Apollo Uplink or explicitly via other configuration) **has a subscription type with root-fields defined; and 3. The YAML configuration provided to the Router has subscriptions enabled** (they are _disabled_ by default), either by setting enabled: true _or_ by setting a valid mode within the subscriptions object (as seen in subscriptions' documentation); and 4. An anonymous (i.e., un-named) subscription operation (e.g., subscription { ... }) is received by the Router If all four of these criteria are met, the impacted versions will panic and terminate. There is no data-privacy risk or sensitive-information exposure aspect to this vulnerability. This is fixed in Apollo Router v1.29.1. Users are advised to upgrade. Updating to v1.29.1 should be a clear and simple upgrade path for those running impacted versions. However, if Subscriptions are not necessary for your Graph – but are enabled via configuration — then disabling subscriptions is another option to mitigate the risk.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
apollo-routercrates.io | >= 1.28.0, < 1.29.1 | 1.29.1 |
Affected products
2- Range: >= 1.28.0, < 1.29.1
Patches
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References
5- github.com/advisories/GHSA-w8vq-3hf9-xppxghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41317ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/apollographql/router/commit/b295c103dd86c57c848397d32e8094edfa8502aaghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/apollographql/router/releases/tag/v1.29.1ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/apollographql/router/security/advisories/GHSA-w8vq-3hf9-xppxghsax_refsource_CONFIRMWEB
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