GHSA-p2q6-pwh5-m6jr: Apollo Gateway Query Planner Vulnerable to Excessive Resource Consumption via Optimization Bypass

April 7, 2025

A vulnerability in Apollo Gateway allowed queries with deeply nested and reused named fragments to be prohibitively expensive to query plan, specifically due to internal optimizations being frequently bypassed. This could lead to excessive resource consumption and denial of service.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-p2q6-pwh5-m6jr
github.com/apollographql/federation
github.com/apollographql/federation/pull/3236
github.com/apollographql/federation/releases/tag/%40apollo%2Fgateway%402.10.1
github.com/apollographql/federation/security/advisories/GHSA-p2q6-pwh5-m6jr

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