GraphQL-core is a Python port of the GraphQL.js reference implementation. From 3.2.3 until 3.2.12 and 3.3.0rc1, the parser's max_tokens limit in Parser.advance_lexer counts only non-comment tokens returned after Lexer.lookahead skips comments. Each skipped comment is still allocated as a Token and retained through token.next and token.prev, allowing a highly compressible comment-padded GraphQL document to pass a low token limit while consuming memory. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exhaust worker memory before AST-based depth or complexity controls run. This issue is fixed in versions 3.2.12 and 3.3.0rc1.
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GHSA-r77w-qph3-7vf8 | GraphQL-core: Denial of service via comment tokens bypassing the parser's max_tokens limit |
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| Description | GraphQL-core is a Python port of the GraphQL.js reference implementation. From 3.2.3 until 3.2.12 and 3.3.0rc1, the parser's max_tokens limit in Parser.advance_lexer counts only non-comment tokens returned after Lexer.lookahead skips comments. Each skipped comment is still allocated as a Token and retained through token.next and token.prev, allowing a highly compressible comment-padded GraphQL document to pass a low token limit while consuming memory. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exhaust worker memory before AST-based depth or complexity controls run. This issue is fixed in versions 3.2.12 and 3.3.0rc1. | |
| Title | GraphQL-core: Denial of service via comment tokens bypassing the parser's max_tokens limit | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-400 CWE-770 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-22T16:10:17.124Z
Reserved: 2026-08-17T20:49:21.598Z
Link: CVE-2026-75508
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-10-22T17:16:59.933
Modified: 2026-10-22T17:40:46.877
Link: CVE-2026-75508
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Updated: 2026-10-22T17:45:09Z
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