# RUSTSEC-2026-0415: Unbounded memory use on large request bodies

- Also known as: GHSA-PFRG-QG4F-GRMV
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.10.1
- Published: 2026-10-28 · Updated: 2026-10-29

## Summary

The juniper_hyper library, which provides GraphQL request handling for Rust servers built on the Hyper HTTP framework, is affected. Its graphql() and graphql_sync() functions previously read entire POST request bodies into memory without any size limit, so an unauthenticated remote client could send a very large request and exhaust the server's memory, causing it to crash or become unavailable.

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## Affected

- juniper\_hyper (crates.io): from 0.0.0-0, fixed in 0.10.1

## Description

The `graphql()` and `graphql_sync()` functions of `juniper_hyper` read the whole body of a POST request into memory before they parsed the body. The functions had no limit on the size of the body. A client could thus send a large body and exhaust the memory of the server. The request needs no authentication. `juniper_hyper` 0.10.1 reads at most 2 MiB of a request body by default. The functions respond with `413 Payload Too Large` to larger bodies. A `juniper_hyper::BodyLimit` in the extensions of a request changes the limit for the request.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on juniper\_hyper, upgrade to a fixed version (0.10.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://crates.io/crates/juniper_hyper
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0415.html
- https://github.com/graphql-rust/juniper/pull/1405

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