GHSA-224p-v68g-5g8f

GHSA-224p-v68g-5g8f · GraphQL Armor Max-Depth Plugin Bypass via fragment caching

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### Summary A query depth restriction using the max-depth can be bypassed if `ignoreIntrospection` is enabled (which is the default configuration) by naming your query/fragment `__schema`. ### Details In the `countDepth` function, we have the following code that calculates the depth of a used fragment: ```typescript } else if (node.kind == Kind.FRAGMENT_SPREAD) { if (this.visitedFragments.has(node.name.value)) { return this.visitedFragments.get(node.name.value) ?? 0; } else { this.visitedFragments.set(node.name.value, -1); } const fragment = this.context.getFragment(node.name.value); if (fragment) { let fragmentDepth; if (this.config.flattenFragments) { fragmentDepth = this.countDepth(fragment, parentDepth); } else { fragmentDepth = this.countDepth(fragment, parentDepth + 1); } depth = Math.max(depth, fragmentDepth); if (this.visitedFragments.get(node.name.value) === -1) { this.visitedFragments.set(node.name.value, fragmentDepth); } } } ``` which will calculate the depth of the fragment used in the current node, store the value in `this.visitedFragments` and re-use it in the future to avoid re-calculating the depth for the same fragment. The issue arises when the same fragment is used multiple times, **at different depths**. The current caching takes into account the depth of the first occurrence, which means if the fragment is re-used later in a higher depth, this cached value is not updated. So, for example, sending the following query with a max depth of `6`: ```graphql query { books { author { ...Test } } books { author { books { author { ...Test } } } } } fragment Test on Author { books { title } } ``` The first use of `Test` fragment does not exceed the defined limit, and this depth will be cached. In the second use, the fragment is reused in a greater depth, but the `countDepth` function will still use the depth cached, without accounting for the increased depth. ### PoC Max depth: `6` ```graphql query { books { author { ...Test } } books { author { books { author { ...Test } } } } } fragment Test on Author { books { title } } ``` ### Impact This issue affects applications using the GraphQL Armor Depth Limit plugin. ### Fix This is fixed in [PR#824](https://github.com/Escape-Technologies/graphql-armor/pull/824). We now store only the additional depth contributed by the fragment and add it to the parent depth where the fragment is used (`parentDepth`).

CVSS 5.3 · Medium · Fix available

Published

2025-08-26T18:45:55Z

Updated

2025-08-26T18:45:55Z

Stack: node

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