CVE-2021-36044 Magento Commerce GraphQL Improper Input Validation Could Lead To Denial Of Service

High 7.5 Published Updated

An unauthenticated attacker can cause a server-side denial of service in Magento Commerce by abusing improper input validation in GraphQL fields.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2021-36044?

CVE-2021-36044 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Adobe Magento Commerce, published on 1 Sep 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Magento Commerce versions 2.4.2 (and earlier), 2.4.2-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.7 (and earlier) are affected by an improper input validation vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could abuse this vulnerability to cause a server-side denial-of-service using a GraphQL field.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-36044?

8 open source packages ship an affected version, including magento/community-edition and magento/project-community-edition. It affects 2 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
magento/community-edition PackagistAll versionsNone
magento/community-edition PackagistAll versionsNone
magento/community-edition PackagistAll versions2.3.7-p1
magento/community-edition PackagistAll versions2.3.7-p1
magento/community-edition PackagistFrom 2.4.2-p12.4.2-p2
magento/community-edition PackagistFrom 2.4.2-p12.4.2-p2
2 more packages
magento/project-community-edition PackagistAll versions to 2.0.2None
magento/project-community-edition PackagistAll versions to 2.0.2None

Products include Adobe Adobe Commerce, Adobe Magento Open Source.

How do I fix CVE-2021-36044?

Upgrade magento/community-edition to a fixed version for your release line: 2.3.7-p1 or 2.4.2-p2.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2021-36044 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-36044 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wr57-3h2f-3q95.

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