GraphQL Tools has prototype pollution in well-established utility function `mergeDeep`
Closed by https://github.com/ardatan/graphql-tools/pull/8423 Mitigated in Hive Gateway by https://github.com/graphql-hive/gateway/pull/2600
A client can alias fields to constructor, __proto__ or prototype so that the response keys from two subgraphs collide on those names during result merging. Because mergeDeep recursed through inherited properties, the merge walked {}.constructor to Object, then Object.__proto__ to Function.prototype, and wrote a subgraph-supplied value over Function.prototype.call, breaking every subsequent request in the process until restart. This is remotely triggerable by an unauthenticated client with a single query against any supergraph that merges an object from two subgraphs, which is the ordinary @shareable or entity case, so it is a denial of service rather than a theoretical hardening issue.
{
shared {
fieldA
constructor: fieldB {
__proto__: child {
call: value
}
}
}
}
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm package | @graphql-tools/utils | < 12.0.1 | 12.0.1 |
References
- https://github.com/ardatan/graphql-tools/security/advisories/GHSA-7mx3-vvmw-hjmv
- https://github.com/ardatan/graphql-tools/pull/8423
- https://github.com/graphql-hive/gateway/pull/2600
- https://github.com/ardatan/graphql-tools/commit/0b9529f1988fd36186a7c106a6efe0356f1b7f2e
- https://github.com/ardatan/graphql-tools
- https://github.com/ardatan/graphql-tools/releases/tag/@graphql-tools/utils@12.0.1
- CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-1321- Platform
- npm
- Package
@graphql-tools/utils- Disclosed
- 05.10.2026
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-7mx3-vvmw-hjmv - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: @graphql-tools/utils
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