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Apollo Server is an open-source, spec-compliant GraphQL server that's compatible with any GraphQL client, including Apollo Client. In versions from 2.0.0 to 3.13.0, 4.2.0 to before 4.13.0, and 5.0.0 to before 5.4.0, the default configuration of startStandaloneServer from @apollo/server/standalone is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) attacks through specially crafted request bodies with exotic character set encodings. This issue does not affect users that use @apollo/server as a dependency for integration packages, like @as-integrations/express5 or @as-integrations/next, only direct usage of startStandaloneServer.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-16 | Published 2026-02-04 | Updated 2026-02-04 | Assigner GitHub_M




HIGH: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem types

CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Product status

>= 2.0.0, <= 3.13.0
affected

>= 4.2.0, < 4.13.0
affected

>= 5.0.0, < 5.4.0
affected

References

github.com/...server/security/advisories/GHSA-mp6q-xf9x-fwf7

github.com/...ommit/d25a5bdc377826ad424fcf7f8d1d062055911643

github.com/...ommit/e9d49d163a86b8a33be56ed27c494b9acd5400a4

cve.org (CVE-2026-23897)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-23897)

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