Apollo Router Core is a configurable graph router written in Rust to run a federated supergraph using Apollo Federation 2. In versions 1.61.11 below, as well as 2.0.0-alpha.0 through 2.8.1-rc.0, a vulnerability allowed for unauthenticated queries to access data that required additional access controls. Router incorrectly handled access control directives on interface types/fields and their implementing object types/fields, applying them to interface types/fields while ignoring directives on their implementing object types/fields when all implementations had the same requirements. Apollo Router customers defining @authenticated, @requiresScopes, or @policy directives inconsistently on polymorphic types (i.e., object types that implement interface types) are impacted. This issue is fixed in versions 1.61.12 and 2.8.1.
History

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 07 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apollographql
Apollographql apollo-router
Vendors & Products Apollographql
Apollographql apollo-router

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Apollo Router Core is a configurable graph router written in Rust to run a federated supergraph using Apollo Federation 2. In versions 1.61.11 below, as well as 2.0.0-alpha.0 through 2.8.1-rc.0, a vulnerability allowed for unauthenticated queries to access data that required additional access controls. Router incorrectly handled access control directives on interface types/fields and their implementing object types/fields, applying them to interface types/fields while ignoring directives on their implementing object types/fields when all implementations had the same requirements. Apollo Router customers defining @authenticated, @requiresScopes, or @policy directives inconsistently on polymorphic types (i.e., object types that implement interface types) are impacted. This issue is fixed in versions 1.61.12 and 2.8.1.
Title Apollo Router Core: Access Control Bypass on Polymorphic Types
Weaknesses CWE-288
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2025-11-06T20:42:51.785Z

Updated: 2025-11-07T13:48:35.506Z

Reserved: 2025-10-28T21:07:16.439Z

Link: CVE-2025-64173

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-07T13:48:32.753Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-11-06T21:15:43.660

Modified: 2025-11-06T21:15:43.660

Link: CVE-2025-64173

cve-icon Redhat

No data.