Dgraph is an open source distributed GraphQL database. Prior to version 25.3.4, the checkUserPassword GraphQL query in Dgraph is vulnerable to DQL (Dgraph Query Language) injection. User-supplied password values are interpolated directly into a DQL checkpwd() query via fmt.Sprintf without any escaping or parameterization. An attacker can inject a password containing a double-quote character to break out of the DQL string literal and append arbitrary DQL query blocks. Version 25.3.4 patches the issue.
CVE-2026-44840
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.5%, top 61% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 38.9%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 29, 2026
Last Modified
July 9, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Jul 8, 2026CWE-943: DQL Injection via checkUserPassword GraphQL Query · Advisory · dgraph-io/dgraph · GitHub
https://github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/security/advisories/GHSA-q2m9-6jp9-c6mcv25.3.4
Patch available: dgraph-io/dgraph v25.3.4
https://github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/releases/tag/v25.3.4commit cee702c93f14 (dgraph-io/dgraph)
Fix landed in dgraph-io/dgraph commit cee702c93f14 — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/commit/cee702c93f141eeb0c96a81f70830ec9e459efacVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-44840(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Affected Packages
(3 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(3)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph | — | — | — |
| github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/v24 | — | — | — |
| github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/v25 | — | 25.3.4 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 15× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-29 23:05 UTCEG score recompute
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