CVE-2025-31481
highpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.005 · 41 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
API Platform Core is a system to create hypermedia-driven REST and GraphQL APIs. Using the Relay special node type you can bypass the configured security on an operation. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.22 and 3.4.17.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-cg3c-245w-728mGraphQL query operations security can be bypassed2025-04-04ghsa · osvUS
### Summary Using the Relay special `node` type you can bypass the configured security on an operation. ### Details Here is an example of how to apply security configurations for the GraphQL operations: ```php #[ApiResource( security: "is_granted('ROLE_USER')", operations: [ /* ... */ ], graphQlOperations: [ new Query(security: "is_granted('ROLE_USER')"), //... ], )] class Book { /* ... */ } ``` This indeed checks `is_granted('ROLE_USER')` as expected for a GraphQL query like the following: ```php query { book(id: "/books/1") { title } } ``` But the security check can be bypassed by using the `node` field (that is available by default) on the root query type like that: ```php query { node(id: "/books/1") { ... on Book { title } } } ``` This does not execute any security checks and can therefore be used to access any entity without restrictions by everyone that has access to the API. ### Impact Everyone using GraphQl with the `security` attribute. Not sure whereas this works with custom resolvers nor if this also applies on mutation. Patched at https://github.com/api-platform/core/commit/60747cc8c2fb855798c923b5537888f8d0969568
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-31481cnnvd
- https://github.com/api-platform/core/commit/55712452b4f630978537bdb2a07dc958202336bbcnnvd
- https://github.com/api-platform/core/commit/60747cc8c2fb855798c923b5537888f8d0969568cnnvd
- https://github.com/api-platform/core/releasesPatchcnnvd
- https://github.com/api-platform/core/releases/tag/v3.4.17cnnvd
- https://github.com/api-platform/core/security/advisories/GHSA-cg3c-245w-728mcnnvd
- https://github.com/api-platform/core/commit/55712452b4f630978537bdb2a07dc958202336bbenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/api-platform/core/commit/60747cc8c2fb855798c923b5537888f8d0969568enisa_euvd
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