# CVE-2024-50311: Graphql: denial of service (dos) vulnerability via graphql batching

> Attackers can cause denial of service in OpenShift by exploiting GraphQL batching with excessive aliases, consuming resources and making the application unavailable.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 20 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gmjx-74cx-5p3f

## What is CVE-2024-50311?

CVE-2024-50311 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform, published on 22 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-50311?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Openshift Container Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-50311?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-50311 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-50311 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50311 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Openshift Container Platform

- [CVE-2020-27836](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27836/): Missing authorization in cluster-ingress-operator (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-1085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1085/): Misconfiguration in openshift-ansible (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2026-54099](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-54099/): Privilege escalation in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-1784](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1784/): Ose-cluster-ingress-operator: remote code execution through haproxy configuration injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-20182](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20182/): Privilege escalation in openshift (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-50311 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-50311 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform, published on 22 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50311 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Openshift Container Platform. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50311/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50311/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50311
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50311
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-50311

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50311/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.