01 Record
CVE-2026-23897
Apollo Server is vulnerable to denial of service with `startStandaloneServer`
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score7.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
02 Description
Apollo Server is vulnerable to denial of service with `startStandaloneServer`
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 52.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-02-04 19:18Z8 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-02-04 19:55Z8 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-01-16
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1333Inefficient Regular Expression ComplexityBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 120eded5ffd33d3cd4fdfd3ec37c8436edce13232629417ac287518d00ca82d3
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/security/advisories/GHSA-mp6q-xf9x-fwf7
- github.comhttps://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/commit/d25a5bdc377826ad424fcf7f8d1d062055911643
- github.comhttps://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/commit/e9d49d163a86b8a33be56ed27c494b9acd5400a4