CVE-2026-103921: GraphQL Tools: TLS Certificate Validation Disabled in Legacy GraphQL WebSocket Executor

Description

GraphQL Tools provides utilities for building, stitching, and mocking GraphQL schemas. Prior to 1.1.35, the executor-legacy-ws buildWSLegacyExecutor() function hardcodes TLS certificate rejection off for Node.js connections to wss:// endpoints. Applications using the executor directly, or url-loader with SubscriptionProtocol.LEGACY_WS, can therefore accept an attacker-controlled certificate when a network-positioned attacker intercepts the connection. Authentication material in connectionParams or headers can be disclosed, and subscription data can be modified. Browser WebSocket clients are unaffected because browsers enforce certificate validation. This issue is fixed in version 1.1.35.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

High

Privileges

None

User interaction

None

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 20% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

EX

executor-legacy-ws · @graphql-tools

< 1.1.35 · source: vendor

GR

graphql-tools · ardatan

< 1.1.35 · source: vendor