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GHSA-733v-p3h5-qpq7 GraphQL Armor Cost-Limit Plugin Bypass via Introspection Query Obfuscation

MEDIUM Published 2025-04-25 Modified 2025-04-29 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
@escape.tech/graphql-armor-cost-limit
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weaknesses
CWE-400, CWE-770
Reviewed
2025-04-25

Affected packages

• npm @escape.tech/graphql-armor-cost-limit: < 2.4.2 → fixed in 2.4.2

Description

Summary A query cost restriction using the `cost-limit` can be bypassed if `ignoreIntrospection` is enabled (which is the default configuration) by naming your query/fragment `__schema`. Details At the start of the `computeComplexity` function, we have the following check for `ignoreIntrospection` option: ```ts if (this.config.ignoreIntrospection && 'name' in node && node.name?.value === '__schema') { return 0; } ``` However, the `node` can be `FieldNode | FragmentDefinitionNode | InlineFragmentNode | OperationDefinitionNode | FragmentSpreadNode` So, for example, sending the following query ```gql query hello { books { title } } ``` would create an `OperationDefinitionNode` with `node.name.value == 'hello'` The proper way to handle this would be to check for the `__schema` field, which would create a `FieldNode`. The fix is ```ts if ( this.config.ignoreIntrospection && 'name' in node && node.name?.value === '__schema' && node.kind === Kind.FIELD ) { return 0; } ``` to assert that the node must be a `FieldNode` PoC ```gql query { ...__schema } fragment __schema on Query { books { title author } } ``` ```gql query __schema { books { title author } } ``` Impact Applications using GraphQL Armor Cost Limit plugin with `ignoreIntrospection` enabled. Fix: Fixed on 772. A quick patch would be to set `ignoreIntrospection` to false.

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness

References