Description
Keystone is a content management system for Node.js. Prior to 6.5.3, the findMany resolver in packages/core/src/lib/core/queries/resolvers.ts compares the signed take argument directly with graphql.maxTake, allowing a remote unauthenticated GraphQL client to provide a negative take value whose magnitude exceeds the configured bound. The bypass also applies to relationship queries and can return more records than the developer intended, potentially exhausting service resources. This issue is fixed in version 6.5.3.
Published: 2026-08-21
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-cqmq-8755-7xvh Keystone vulnerable to `graphql.maxTake` bypass with negative `take`
History

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Keystonejs
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Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Description Keystone is a content management system for Node.js. Prior to 6.5.3, the findMany resolver in packages/core/src/lib/core/queries/resolvers.ts compares the signed take argument directly with graphql.maxTake, allowing a remote unauthenticated GraphQL client to provide a negative take value whose magnitude exceeds the configured bound. The bypass also applies to relationship queries and can return more records than the developer intended, potentially exhausting service resources. This issue is fixed in version 6.5.3.
Title Keystone: `graphql.maxTake` bypass with negative `take`
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-480
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

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


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Keystonejs Keystone
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-21T20:15:16.459Z

Reserved: 2026-07-16T19:20:28.988Z

Link: CVE-2026-63421

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-21T21:17:01.643

Modified: 2026-08-21T21:17:01.643

Link: CVE-2026-63421

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Updated: 2026-08-21T21:45:03Z

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