CVE-2024-50311

MEDIUM 6.5

Graphql: denial of service (dos) vulnerability via graphql batching

CVSS Score

6.5

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability was found in OpenShift. This flaw allows attackers to exploit the GraphQL batching functionality. The vulnerability arises when multiple queries can be sent within a single request, enabling an attacker to submit a request containing thousands of aliases in one query. This issue causes excessive resource consumption, leading to application unavailability for legitimate users.

CWE	CWE-770
Vendor	red hat
Product	red hat openshift container platform 4.18
Published	Oct 22, 2024
Last Updated	Nov 20, 2025

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Affected Versions

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18

All versions affected

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6122 access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50311 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2319379

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank Maksymilian Kubiak (AFINE), Paweł Zdunek (AFINE), and Sławomir Zakrzewski (AFINE) for reporting this issue.