@apollo/composition has Improper Enforcement of Access Control on Interface Types and Fields

Exploitation

No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.

CVSS

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

EPSS

• CVE-2025-64530: 0.41% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 35.17 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

Summary A vulnerability in Apollo Federation's composition logic allowed some queries to Apollo Router to improperly bypass access controls on types/fields. Apollo Federation incorrectly allowed user-defined access control directives on interface types/fields, which could be bypassed by instead querying the implementing object types/fields in Apollo Router via inline or named fragments. A fix to composition logic in Federation now disallows interfaces types and fields to contain user-defined access control directives. Details Apollo Federation allows users to specify access control directives (@authenticated, @requiresScopes, and @policy) to protect object and interface types and fields. However, the GraphQL specification does not define inheritance rules for directives from interfaces to their implementations. When querying object or interface types/fields, Apollo Router will enforce any directives on those object or interface types/fields, but ignore any directives on interface…

Published by the source

14 Nov 2025, 17:46 UTC

Last modified by the source

14 Nov 2025, 18:43 UTC

Source last checked

26 Oct 2026, 12:38 UTC

1. Revision 2 · amended · 26 Oct 2026

   Amended from ghsa record GHSA-mx7m-j9xf-62hw

2. Revision 1 · created · 24 Oct 2026

   Published from osv record GHSA-mx7m-j9xf-62hw

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2025-64530

Advisory: @apollo/composition has Improper Enforcement of Access Control on Interface Types and Fields
IDs: CVE-2025-64530, GHSA-mx7m-j9xf-62hw
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2025-64530 (revision 2, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 12:38 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: @apollo/composition 2.12.1, 2.11.5, 2.10.4, 2.9.5. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- npm @apollo/composition: affected < 2.9.5; >= 2.10.0-alpha.3, < 2.10.4; >= 2.11.0-preview.1, < 2.11.5; >= 2.12.0-preview.1, < 2.12.1; fixed in 2.9.5, 2.11.5, 2.10.4, 2.12.1

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `npm ls @apollo/composition --all`: lists every installed copy and version, including transitive ones. Run in the project root after `npm ci`.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on @apollo/composition.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-mx7m-j9xf-62hw (OSV record GHSA-mx7m-j9xf-62hw lists affected ranges: npm @apollo/composition >=0 =2.10.0-alpha.3 =2.11.0-preview.1 =2.12.0-preview.1 <2.12.1 (fixed))
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mx7m-j9xf-62hw (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-mx7m-j9xf-62hw lists affected ranges: npm @apollo/composition >=0 =2.10.0-alpha.3 =2.11.0-preview.1 =2.12.0-preview.1 <2.12.1)

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