NRDAX-T0095 - GraphQL Alias Query Amplification

Memory amplification (also compute amplification) · RPC and public API · no bound · active · first seen 2023-01-01

provenance: Reproduced in NullRabbit's attack-reproduction pipeline

mechanism

CVE-2023-42319: geth <=1.13.4 --http --graphql; a query with N aliased logs(filter:{fromBlock:0}) ops -> unbounded per-alias full-chain scan -> memory blowup

live exposure

No exposure data. Slashr ↗ has no risk signal mapped to this technique yet — absence of data is not absence of exposure.

instances (1)

chain	primitive	fidelity	origin	reproducer (bundle)	source
ethereum	geth_graphql_aliased_logs_dos	lab	reverse-engineered-cve	geth_graphql_aliased_logs_dos	GHSA-v9jh-j8px-98vq ↗

references

cve: CVE-2023-42319

related (Memory amplification)

NRDAX-T0023 - Coalesced Packet Buffer Leak active NRDAX-T0025 - Compact Block Size Integer Overflow active NRDAX-T0038 - Count Underflow Header Serving Amplification active NRDAX-T0042 - Crypto Frame Reassembly Buffer Exhaustion active NRDAX-T0046 - Decompression Bomb Resource Exhaustion active NRDAX-T0059 - Duplicate Transport Parameter Memory Leak active NRDAX-T0061 - Duplicate Tx Mempool Index Desync active NRDAX-T0071 - Ethash Verification Memory Exhaustion active

cite

https://nrdax.com/techniques/NRDAX-T0095

plain

NRDAX Registry. Technique NRDAX-T0095.

bibtex

@misc{nrdax_NRDAX_T0095,
  title = {GraphQL Alias Query Amplification (NRDAX-T0095)},
  howpublished = {NRDAX Registry},
  url = {https://nrdax.com/techniques/NRDAX-T0095},
}

json (csl)

{
  "id": "nrdax-NRDAX-T0095",
  "type": "dataset",
  "title": "GraphQL Alias Query Amplification (NRDAX-T0095)",
  "URL": "https://nrdax.com/techniques/NRDAX-T0095",
  "publisher": "NRDAX Registry"
}

badge

[![NRDAX-T0095 in the NRDAX registry](https://nrdax.com/badge/NRDAX-T0095.svg)](https://nrdax.com/techniques/NRDAX-T0095-graphql-alias-query-amplification)

use from the CLI

Retrieve or cite this technique from a script or the terminal with the NRDAX Python library & CLI.

Retrieve this technique

nrdax get NRDAX-T0095

Cite it (BibTeX)

nrdax cite NRDAX-T0095 --format bibtex

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