High severity · published Oct 28, 2026
CVE-2026-118665
GraphQL Tools: Per-request connection parameters persist into later users' WebSocket authentications
New
8.2
CVSS
–
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
GraphQL Tools provides utilities for building, stitching, and mocking GraphQL schemas. Prior to version 1.1.36 of the GraphQL Tools legacy WebSocket executor package, buildWSLegacyExecutor in packages/executors/legacy-ws/src/index.ts retains request.extensions.connectionParams in the closure-scoped executorConnectionParams object after cleanupWebsocket closes a connection. When one executor is reused across different authorization contexts, a later request that omits a sensitive key can send an earlier caller's Authorization or tenant value in its connection_init payload, causing the downstream server to authenticate the later caller as the earlier user. Applications that create a new executor for every request are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 1.1.36 of the GraphQL Tools legacy WebSocket executor package.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EX
executor-legacy-ws · @graphql-tools
< 1.1.36 · source: vendor
GR
graphql-tools · ardatan
< 9.0.36 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118665
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118665
github.com
https://github.com/ardatan/graphql-tools/commit/c2f226e6f68236be9e4a577f29faeaa92547458b
github.com
https://github.com/ardatan/graphql-tools/pull/8480
github.com
https://github.com/ardatan/graphql-tools/releases/tag/@graphql-tools/executor-legacy-ws@1.1.36
github.com
https://github.com/ardatan/graphql-tools/security/advisories/GHSA-434m-5hcj-pxf3
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