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🛡️ CVE-2026-5423

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-302 NVD
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CVSS Score
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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.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-5423 is classified as CWE-302: Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data. The authentication scheme or implementation uses key data elements that are assumed to be immutable, but can be controlled or modified by the attacker.

Affected software

CVE-2026-5423 is recorded against 1 package.

  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 6 August 2026 and last revised on 18 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com
neo4j.com

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Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-302: Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data) in other software:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE CWE-302
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-08-06
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-18
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
unknown

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