Skip to main content

Keystone CMS CVE-2026-63421

| EUVDEUVD-2026-64134 HIGH
Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)
2026-08-21 GitHub_M GHSA-cqmq-8755-7xvh
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: GitHub_M
Share

Severity by source

Vendor (GitHub_M) PRIMARY
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
vuln.today AI
7.5 HIGH

Network-reachable GraphQL endpoint requires no auth (PR:N); single crafted query suffices (AC:L); only availability is impacted via unbounded record retrieval.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (GitHub_M).

CVSS VectorVendor: GitHub_M

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Patch available
Aug 21, 2026 - 21:02 EUVD
Source Code Evidence Fetched
Aug 21, 2026 - 20:52 vuln.today
Analysis Generated
Aug 21, 2026 - 20:52 vuln.today
CVE Published
Aug 21, 2026 - 20:15 cve.org
HIGH 7.5

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact
† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth
  • 5 npm packages depend on @keystone-6/core (5 direct, 0 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 6.5.3.

DescriptionCVE.org

Keystone is a content management system for Node.js. Prior to 6.5.3, the findMany resolver in packages/core/src/lib/core/queries/resolvers.ts compares the signed take argument directly with graphql.maxTake, allowing a remote unauthenticated GraphQL client to provide a negative take value whose magnitude exceeds the configured bound. The bypass also applies to relationship queries and can return more records than the developer intended, potentially exhausting service resources. This issue is fixed in version 6.5.3.

AnalysisAI

Unauthenticated resource exhaustion in Keystone CMS (Node.js) prior to version 6.5.3 allows any remote GraphQL client to bypass the configured graphql.maxTake record-count limit by supplying a negative take value, since the comparison (take ?? Infinity) > maxTake evaluates to false for negative integers regardless of their magnitude. …

Unlock full vulnerability intelligence

  • Risk assessment & exploitation conditions
  • Attack chain visualization
  • Remediation with exact patch versions
  • Threat intelligence from 22 sources
  • Personal watchlist & email alerts

Free forever · No credit card required

Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
Identify public-facing Keystone GraphQL endpoint
Delivery
Craft query with large negative take value
Exploit
Submit unauthenticated GraphQL request
Execution
Bypass maxTake guard (negative integer < positive bound)
Persist
Database returns unbounded record set
Impact
Service memory/CPU/connections exhausted

Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation The target must be running @keystone-6/core prior to version 6.5.3 with the `graphql.maxTake` option configured - without this option, all take values are unbounded by design and the comparison is moot. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 7.5 score with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H accurately reflects real-world risk for publicly exposed deployments. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario An unauthenticated attacker sends a GraphQL query such as `{ posts(take: -999999) { id title body author { id } } }` to a public-facing Keystone endpoint. The unpatched `(take ?? …
Remediation Upgrade @keystone-6/core to version 6.5.3 or later, which corrects the comparison logic in `findMany` by wrapping the take argument in `Math.abs()` before evaluating it against `graphql.maxTake`. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

Recommended ActionAI

Within 24 hours, inventory all Keystone CMS instances and identify any running versions prior to 6.5.3; begin planning the upgrade process and testing in a non-production environment. …

Sign in for detailed remediation steps and compensating controls.

Threat intelligence, references, and detailed analysis are available after sign-in.

CVE-2024-41713 CRITICAL POC
9.1 Oct 21

A vulnerability in the NuPoint Unified Messaging (NPM) component of Mitel MiCollab through 9.8 SP1 FP2 (9.8.1.201) could

CVE-2024-55591 CRITICAL POC
9.8 Jan 14

FortiOS and FortiProxy contain an authentication bypass via the Node.js websocket module allowing unauthenticated remote

CVE-2014-7205 CRITICAL POC
10.0 Oct 08

Eval injection vulnerability in the internals.batch function in lib/batch.js in the bassmaster plugin before 1.5.2 for t

CVE-2025-59528 CRITICAL POC
10.0 Sep 22

Flowise version 3.0.5 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in the CustomMCP node. The mcpServerConfig paramete

CVE-2017-14849 HIGH POC
7.5 Sep 28

Node.js 8.5.0 before 8.6.0 allows remote attackers to access unintended files, because a change to ".." handling was inc

CVE-2017-5941 CRITICAL POC
9.8 Feb 09

An issue was discovered in the node-serialize package 0.0.4 for Node.js. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulner

CVE-2014-3744 HIGH POC
7.5 Oct 23

Directory traversal vulnerability in the st module before 0.2.5 for Node.js allows remote attackers to read arbitrary fi

CVE-2014-9566 HIGH POC
7.5 Mar 10

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the Manage Accounts page in the AccountManagement.asmx service in the Solarwin

CVE-2013-4660 MEDIUM POC
6.8 Jun 28

The JS-YAML module before 2.0.5 for Node.js parses input without properly considering the unsafe !!js/function tag, whic

CVE-2015-5688 MEDIUM POC
5.0 Sep 04

Directory traversal vulnerability in lib/app/index.js in Geddy before 13.0.8 for Node.js allows remote attackers to read

CVE-2026-45321 CRITICAL POC
9.6 May 12

Credential-harvesting malware compromised 84 versions of 42 TanStack npm packages on 2026-05-11 via chained GitHub Actio

CVE-2014-7192 CRITICAL POC
10.0 Dec 11

Eval injection vulnerability in index.js in the syntax-error package before 1.1.1 for Node.js 0.10.x, as used in IBM Rat

Share

CVE-2026-63421 vulnerability details – vuln.today

This site uses cookies essential for authentication and security. No tracking or analytics cookies are used. Privacy Policy