CVE-2023-38976: Weaviate denial of service via handleUnbatchedGraphQLRequest function

Summary

CVE-2023-38976 affects weaviate v.1.20.0. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service through the handleUnbatchedGraphQLRequest function, and the weakness is classified as CWE-617 (Reachable Assertion). NVD published the entry on 08/21/2023, and NIST has not yet provided an assessment.

Mitigation

The source does not state a fix yet. Check the original advisory for updates.

Affected packages in the Exposure Registry

Matched by package name and ecosystem. Each entry shows whether the package delegates to a language model and how many tracked packages depend on it.

• github.com/weaviate/weaviateGoNo LLM dependency detected · 4 tracked dependents

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