What is CVE-2023-27588?

CVE-2023-27588 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hasura Graphql-Engine, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-03-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-27588?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-27588 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Hasura Graphql-Engine

CVE-2023-27588

Hasura is an open-source product that provides users GraphQL or REST APIs. A path traversal vulnerability has been discovered within Hasura GraphQL Engine prior to versions 1.3.4, 2.55.1, 2.20.1, and 2.21.0-beta1. Projects running on Hasura Cloud were not vulnerable. Self-hosted Hasura Projects with deployments that are publicly exposed and not protected by a WAF or other HTTP protection layer should be upgraded to version 1.3.4, 2.55.1, 2.20.1, or 2.21.0-beta1 to receive a patch.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2023-03-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (70.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 70.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hasura Graphql-Engine — versions < 1.3.4, >= 2.0.0, < 2.11.5, >= 2.2.0, < 2.20.1
Hasura Graphql Engine

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

40826d/advisories

References

github.com/hasura/graphql-engine/security/advisories/GHSA-c9rw-rw2f-mj4x (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/hasura/graphql-engine/commit/dda54543ee1ecf647ca5d0971b140c3a7b9f4158 (Patch)
github.com/hasura/graphql-engine/releases/tag/v1.3.4 (Release Notes)
github.com/hasura/graphql-engine/releases/tag/v2.11.5 (Release Notes)
github.com/hasura/graphql-engine/releases/tag/v2.20.1 (Release Notes)
github.com/hasura/graphql-engine/releases/tag/v2.21.0-beta.1 (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-27588?: CVE-2023-27588 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hasura Graphql-Engine, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-03-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-27588?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-27588 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.