apollographql router up to 1.61.11/2.8.0 access control

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in apollographql router up to 1.61.11/2.8.0. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-64347. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in apollographql router up to 1.61.11/2.8.0. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Apollo Router Core is a configurable Rust graph router written to run a federated supergraph using Apollo Federation 2. Versions 1.61.12-rc.0 and below and 2.8.1-rc.0 allow unauthorized access to protected data through schema elements with access control directives (@authenticated, @requiresScopes, and @policy) that were renamed via @link imports. Router did not enforce renamed access control directives on schema elements (e.g. fields and types), allowing queries to bypass those element-level access controls. This issue is fixed in versions 1.61.12 and 2.8.1.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-64347 since 10/30/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 1.61.12 or 2.8.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 78e4b20a2fc26cc5f141aa47992ed85375266a2b is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Type

• Router Operating System

Vendor

• apollographql

Name

• router

Version

• 1.61.0
• 1.61.1
• 1.61.2
• 1.61.3
• 1.61.4
• 1.61.5
• 1.61.6
• 1.61.7
• 1.61.8
• 1.61.9
• 1.61.10
• 1.61.11
• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/apollographql/router/

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