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TI-2026-30079 Aliases CVE-2026-41492GHSA-vvf7-6rmr-m29q

Unauthenticated Admin Token Disclosure Leading to Authentication Bypass via /debug/vars in Dgraph

Priority HIGH 82CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

Dgraph is an open source distributed GraphQL database. Prior to 25.3.3, Dgraphl exposes the process command line through the unauthenticated /debug/vars endpoint on Alpha. Because the admin token is commonly supplied via the --security "token=..." startup flag, an unauthenticated attacker can retrieve that token and replay it in the X-Dgraph-AuthToken header to access admin-only endpoints. This is a variant of the previously fixed /debug/pprof/cmdline issue, but the current fix is incomplete because it blocks only /debug/pprof/cmdline and still serves http.DefaultServeMux, which includes expvar's /debug/vars handler. This vulnerability is fixed in 25.3.3.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.03082 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed dgraph (dgraph-io): 25.3.3github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/v25 (Go): 25.3.3

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
dgraph-iodgraphbefore 25.3.325.3.3Patch availableCNA
—github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/v25 (Go)before 25.3.325.3.3Patch availableGHSA-vvf7-6rmr-m29q
—github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/v24 (Go)up to 24.1.8—No fix listedGHSA-vvf7-6rmr-m29q
—github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph (Go)up to 1.2.8—No fix listedGHSA-vvf7-6rmr-m29q
  • dgraph Vendordgraph-io Affected before 25.3.3 Fixed in 25.3.3 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/v25 (Go) Vendor— Affected before 25.3.3 Fixed in 25.3.3 Patch available GHSA-vvf7-6rmr-m29q
  • github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/v24 (Go) Vendor— Affected up to 24.1.8 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-vvf7-6rmr-m29q
  • github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph (Go) Vendor— Affected up to 1.2.8 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-vvf7-6rmr-m29q

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:dgraph:dgraph:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*before 25.3.3Vulnerabledgraph-io
  • cpe:2.3:a:dgraph:dgraph:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:* Versions before 25.3.3 Vulnerable ·dgraph-io

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA dgraph (dgraph-io) Fixed in 25.3.3
  • Fix · GHSA-vvf7-6rmr-m29q github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/v25 (Go) Fixed in 25.3.3 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-41492
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vvf7-6rmr-m29q

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2026-28987 Dgraph: Unauthenticated pprof endpoint leaks admin auth token CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
  • TI-2026-27198 Dgraph Affected by Pre-Auth Database Overwrite + SSRF + File Read via restoreTenant Missing Authorization CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2026-29929 Dgraph: Pre-Auth Full Database Exfiltration via DQL Injection in NQuad Lang Field CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-29928 Dgraph: Pre-Auth Full Database Exfiltration via DQL Injection in Upsert Condition Field CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2023-14845 Dgraph Audit Log Encryption nonce reuse CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5

Sources

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