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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.2 High

CVE-2026-5423

Subscription Authentication Bypass via Unverified connectionParams.jwt

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

neo4j graphql

Default version status: unaffected

  • 7.0.0 to < 7.5.6affected
  • 5.0.0 to < 5.12.14affected
  • 6.0.0 to ≤ 6.6.4affected

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