CVE-2023-42319: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

October 18, 2023 (updated October 25, 2023)

Geth (aka go-ethereum) through 1.13.4, when –http –graphql is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon hang) via a crafted GraphQL query. NOTE: the vendor’s position is that the “graphql endpoint [is not] designed to withstand attacks by hostile clients, nor handle huge amounts of clients/traffic.

References

blog.mevsec.com/posts/geth-dos-with-graphql/
geth.ethereum.org/docs/fundamentals/security
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42319

Code Behaviors & Features

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