strawberry-graphql strawberry up to 0.315.6 QueryDepthLimiter Extension determine_depth resource consumption

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in strawberry-graphql strawberry up to 0.315.6. Impacted is the function determine_depth of the component QueryDepthLimiter Extension. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-47706. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in strawberry-graphql strawberry up to 0.315.6. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function determine_depth of the component QueryDepthLimiter Extension. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Strawberry GraphQL is a library for creating GraphQL APIs. In versions 0.71.0 through 0.315.6, the QueryDepthLimiter extension is vulnerable to an Application-level DOS due to a lack of cycle detection in fragment spreads. When a query contains circular fragment references the determine_depth function enters an infinite recursion, leading to a RecursionError and crashing the validation process. Version 0.315.7 patches the issue.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-47706 since 05/19/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 0.315.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-34269). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• strawberry-graphql

Name

• strawberry

Version

• 0.315.0
• 0.315.1
• 0.315.2
• 0.315.3
• 0.315.4
• 0.315.5
• 0.315.6

Website

• Product: https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/

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