CVE-2024-28101
HIGHDescription
The Apollo Router is a graph router written in Rust to run a federated supergraph that uses Apollo Federation. Versions 0.9.5 until 1.40.2 are subject to a Denial-of-Service (DoS) type vulnerability. When receiving compressed HTTP payloads, affected versions of the Router evaluate the `limits.http_max_request_bytes` configuration option after the entirety of the compressed payload is decompressed. If affected versions of the Router receive highly compressed payloads, this could result in significant memory consumption while the compressed payload is expanded. Router version 1.40.2 has a fix for the vulnerability. Those who are unable to upgrade may be able to implement mitigations at proxies or load balancers positioned in front of their Router fleet (e.g. Nginx, HAProxy, or cloud-native WAF services) by creating limits on HTTP body upload size.
How to fix
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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 53% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
Other CWE-409 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | EPSS | Exploited | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-49975 | High | 7.5 | 31% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2026-21441 | High | 7.5 | 2.8% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2024-43499 | High | 7.5 | 2.6% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2024-28180 | Medium | 4.3 | 2.0% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2017-16129 | Medium | 5.9 | 1.8% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2022-29225 | High | 7.5 | 1.6% | - | Fix |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2024-28101?
Upgrade apollo router to 1.40.2 or later.
Is CVE-2024-28101 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2024-28101 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.77% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 53% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2024-28101?
CVE-2024-28101 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
What does CVE-2024-28101 affect?
Published advisories record a fix for apollo router (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-01-02.