CVE-2026-32621
March 13, 2026
Apollo Federation is an architecture for declaratively composing APIs into a unified graph. Prior to 2.9.6, 2.10.5, 2.11.6, 2.12.3, and 2.13.2, a vulnerability exists in query plan execution within the gateway that may allow pollution of Object.prototype in certain scenarios. A malicious client may be able to pollute Object.prototype in gateway directly by crafting operations with field aliases and/or variable names that target prototype-inheritable properties. Alternatively, if a subgraph were to be compromised by a malicious actor, they may be able to pollute Object.prototype in gateway by crafting JSON response payloads that target prototype-inheritable properties. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.9.6, 2.10.5, 2.11.6, 2.12.3, and 2.13.2.
Affected Packages
@apollo/federation-internals (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=2.0.0-alpha.0 <2.9.6Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.9.6@apollo/federation-internals (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=2.10.0 <2.10.5Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.10.5@apollo/gateway (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=2.11.0 <2.11.6Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.11.6@apollo/query-planner (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=2.10.0 <2.10.5Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.10.5@apollo/federation-internals (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=2.11.0 <2.11.6Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.11.6@apollo/query-planner (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.0.1 <2.9.6Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.9.6@apollo/gateway (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=2.12.0 <2.12.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.12.3@apollo/query-planner (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=2.12.0 <2.12.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.12.3@apollo/federation-internals (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=2.12.0 <2.12.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.12.3@apollo/gateway (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=2.10.0 <2.10.5Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.10.5@apollo/query-planner (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=2.11.0 <2.11.6Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.11.6@apollo/gateway (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=2.13.0 <2.13.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.13.2@apollo/gateway (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.1.0 <2.9.6Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.9.6@apollo/query-planner (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=2.13.0 <2.13.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.13.2@apollo/federation-internals (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=2.13.0 <2.13.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.13.2Related ResourcesĀ (3)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
9.4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
HIGH
Subsequent System Integrity
HIGH
Subsequent System Availability
LOW
CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
LOW
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')
EPSS
Base Score:
0.03