CVE-2023-27588

Unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability in Hasura GraphQL Engine

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 14, 2023 at 05:23 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:45 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGraphql Engine

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Hasura is an open-source product that provides users GraphQL or REST APIs. A path traversal vulnerability has been discovered within Hasura GraphQL Engine prior to versions 1.3.4, 2.55.1, 2.20.1, and 2.21.0-beta1. Projects running on Hasura Cloud were not vulnerable. Self-hosted Hasura Projects with deployments that are publicly exposed and not protected by a WAF or other HTTP protection layer should be upgraded to version 1.3.4, 2.55.1, 2.20.1, or 2.21.0-beta1 to receive a patch.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.3.4v < 2.11.5v < 2.20.12.0.0 ≤ v < 2.11.52.12.0 ≤ v < 2.20.1
Affected range stops below 1.3.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.11.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.20.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22CWE-27

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