CVE-2026-5423

Subscription Authentication Bypass via Unverified connectionParams.jwt

State
Published
Severity
8.2 High
Published
Aug 6, 2026
Updated
Aug 6, 2026
Reserved
Apr 2, 2026

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Description

@neo4j/graphql library versions prior to 7.5.6 fail to verify the authenticity of a client-supplied, pre-decoded JWT object passed through GraphQL subscription connectionParams. As a result, any unauthenticated remote client that can open a GraphQL-over-WebSocket connection can forge arbitrary JWT claims (e.g. sub, roles) in connectionParams.jwt and have them accepted as authenticated identity for the purposes of @authentication and @subscriptionsAuthorization directive evaluation. This allows a fully unauthenticated attacker to receive subscription events that should be restricted to specific authenticated roles/users. Upgrade the library to versions 7.5.6+ or 5.12.14+. v6 is end-of-life and will not receive a fix.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.08.2 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NNeo4j

Weaknesses

  • CWE-302 Authentication bypass by Assumed-Immutable data

Affected Products

ProductVersions
graphqlneo4j
  • 7.0.0 to before 7.5.6Affected
  • 5.0.0 to before 5.12.14Affected
  • 6.0.0 through 6.6.4Affected

References

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