nl.nl-portal:app has GraphiQL UI and GraphQL schema introspection enabled by default
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
NL Portal Backend Libraries provide backend components for Dutch government portals that interact with residents, customers, suppliers, and partner organizations. In versions up to and including 3.0.0, deployments using the shipped default configuration exposed two GraphQL developer features without requiring authentication: the GraphiQL playground, an interactive UI for issuing GraphQL queries; and schema introspection, which lets a caller download the full description of every query, mutation, type, and argument the API supports. Anyone who could reach the `/graphiql` endpoint could open the playground in a browser, pull the full schema, and use that to map out the API and craft calls against it. By itself this does not leak user data, but it removes the guesswork from attacking the rest of the API and significantly lowers the bar for finding and exploiting other weaknesses. Version 3.0.1 patches the issue. As a workaround, override the two settings in deployed configuration.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA nl.nl-portal:app (nl-portal) Fixed in 3.0.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-49462
References
More nl-portal vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-74868 Server-side request forgery in NL Portal Backend Libraries CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-74865 Missing authorization in NL Portal Backend Libraries exposes documents CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-36619 NL Portal: IDOR allows any authenticated user to complete and tamper with another user's taak CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2026-36618 NL Portal: Missing per-user authorization on document and decision GraphQL queries in nl-portal-backend-libraries CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
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