# CVE-2026-47706: Strawberry GraphQL has a Circular Fragment Reference DOS

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-2283, GHSA-QFWV-87QJ-98XQ
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.315.7
- Published: 2026-06-04 · Updated: 2026-06-04

## Affected

- strawberry-graphql strawberry: from 0.71.0, fixed in 0.315.7
- strawberry-graphql (PyPI): from 0.71.0, fixed in 0.315.7

## Description

Strawberry GraphQL is a library for creating GraphQL APIs. In versions 0.71.0 through 0.315.6, the QueryDepthLimiter extension is vulnerable to an Application-level DOS due to a lack of cycle detection in fragment spreads. When a query contains circular fragment references the determine_depth function enters an infinite recursion, leading to a RecursionError and crashing the validation process. Version 0.315.7 patches the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on strawberry-graphql strawberry, strawberry-graphql, upgrade to a fixed version (0.315.7) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/security/advisories/GHSA-qfwv-87qj-98xq
- https://github.com/strawberry-graphql/strawberry/releases/tag/0.315.7

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