GHSA-cg3c-245w-728m
GraphQL query operations security can be bypassed
Quick fix
GHSA-cg3c-245w-728m — api-platform/graphql: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
composer require api-platform/graphql:^4.0.22Details
### Summary
Using the Relay special `node` type you can bypass the configured security on an operation.
### Details
Here is an example of how to apply security configurations for the GraphQL operations:
```php #[ApiResource( security: "is_granted('ROLE_USER')", operations: [ /* ... */ ], graphQlOperations: [ new Query(security: "is_granted('ROLE_USER')"), //... ], )] class Book { /* ... */ } ```
This indeed checks `is_granted('ROLE_USER')` as expected for a GraphQL query like the following:
```php query { book(id: "/books/1") { title } } ```
But the security check can be bypassed by using the `node` field (that is available by default) on the root query type like that:
```php query { node(id: "/books/1") { ... on Book { title } } } ```
This does not execute any security checks and can therefore be used to access any entity without restrictions by everyone that has access to the API.
### Impact
Everyone using GraphQl with the `security` attribute. Not sure whereas this works with custom resolvers nor if this also applies on mutation.
Patched at https://github.com/api-platform/core/commit/60747cc8c2fb855798c923b5537888f8d0969568
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Affected packages
4.0.0-alpha.1Fixed in: 4.0.22composer require api-platform/graphql:^4.0.224.0.0-alpha.1Fixed in: 4.0.22composer require api-platform/core:^4.0.220Fixed in: 3.4.17composer require api-platform/graphql:^3.4.170Fixed in: 3.4.17composer require api-platform/core:^3.4.174.1.0-alpha.1Fixed in: 4.1.5composer require api-platform/graphql:^4.1.54.1.0-alpha.1Fixed in: 4.1.5composer require api-platform/core:^4.1.5References
- https://github.com/api-platform/core/security/advisories/GHSA-cg3c-245w-728m[WEB]
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31481[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/api-platform/core/commit/55712452b4f630978537bdb2a07dc958202336bb[WEB]
- https://github.com/api-platform/core/commit/60747cc8c2fb855798c923b5537888f8d0969568[WEB]
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/api-platform/core/CVE-2025-31481.yaml[WEB]
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/api-platform/graphql/CVE-2025-31481.yaml[WEB]
- https://github.com/api-platform/core[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/api-platform/core/releases/tag/v3.4.17[WEB]
- https://github.com/api-platform/core/releases/tag/v4.1.5[WEB]