Security advisory
github.com/graphql-go/graphql (GraphQL for Go) through 0.8.1 does not validate that a scalar variable value matches its declared type. The built-in coerceString and coerceBool functions (scalars.go) accept input whose type does not match the declared String, ID, or Boolean scalar instead of raising the request error that the GraphQL specification mandates. In some cases (but not any typical case of JSON sent to a website), a deeply nested value leads to an unrecoverable "fatal error: stack overflow" condition.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2026-80051
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 5 Nov 2026, 06:04 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
github.com/graphql-go/graphql (GraphQL for Go) through 0.8.1 does not validate that a scalar variable value matches its declared type. The built-in coerceString and coerceBool functions (scalars.go) accept input whose type does not match the declared String, ID, or Boolean scalar instead of raising the request error that the GraphQL specification mandates. In some cases (but not any typical case of JSON sent to a website), a deeply nested value leads to an unrecoverable "fatal error: stack overflow" condition.
osv:CVE-2026-80051
Complete source record
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"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80051",
"https://github.com/graphql-go/graphql",
"https://github.com/graphql-go/graphql/blob/v0.8.1/scalars.go#L307-L315",
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