GraphQL-core is a Python port of the GraphQL.js reference implementation. From 3.2.3 until 3.2.12 and 3.3.0rc1, the parser's max_tokens limit in Parser.advance_lexer counts only non-comment tokens returned after Lexer.lookahead skips comments. Each skipped comment is still allocated as a Token and retained through token.next and token.prev, allowing a highly compressible comment-padded GraphQL document to pass a low token limit while consuming memory. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exhaust worker memory before AST-based depth or complexity controls run. This issue is fixed in versions 3.2.12 and 3.3.0rc1.
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Graphql-python
Graphql-python graphql-core
Vendors & Products Graphql-python
Graphql-python graphql-core
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Description GraphQL-core is a Python port of the GraphQL.js reference implementation. From 3.2.3 until 3.2.12 and 3.3.0rc1, the parser's max_tokens limit in Parser.advance_lexer counts only non-comment tokens returned after Lexer.lookahead skips comments. Each skipped comment is still allocated as a Token and retained through token.next and token.prev, allowing a highly compressible comment-padded GraphQL document to pass a low token limit while consuming memory. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exhaust worker memory before AST-based depth or complexity controls run. This issue is fixed in versions 3.2.12 and 3.3.0rc1.
Title GraphQL-core: Denial of service via comment tokens bypassing the parser's max_tokens limit
Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-10-22T16:10:17.124Z

Updated: 2026-10-29T11:47:15.190Z

Reserved: 2026-08-17T20:49:21.598Z

Link: CVE-2026-75508

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-29T11:47:00.802Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-22T17:16:59.933

Modified: 2026-10-29T12:17:13.617

Link: CVE-2026-75508

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-10-22T16:10:17Z

Links: CVE-2026-75508 - Bugzilla