GHSA-f697-gm3h-xrf9 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) CWE-302 vulnerability in org.apache.hugegraph:hugegraph-server. EPSS puts its 30-day exploitation probability at 69.4% (99th percentile). A fix is available for org.apache.hugegraph:hugegraph-server — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Apache HugeGraph-Server: Fixed JWT Token (Secret)
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-f697-gm3h-xrf9.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-f697-gm3h-xrf9 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE sits: patch-first territory.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,636 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the 50–90% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
org.apache.hugegraph:hugegraph-serverReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data vulnerability in Apache HugeGraph-Server.
This issue affects Apache HugeGraph-Server: from 1.0.0 before 1.5.0.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.5.0, which fixes the issue.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | org.apache.hugegraph:hugegraph-server | ≥ 1.0.0&&< 1.5.0 | 1.5.0org.apache.hugegraph:hugegraph-server:1.5.0 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.apache.hugegraph:hugegraph-server, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update org.apache.hugegraph:hugegraph-server to 1.5.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-f697-gm3h-xrf9 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-f697-gm3h-xrf9 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-f697-gm3h-xrf9. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
How to detect GHSA-f697-gm3h-xrf9
A community-maintained Nuclei template exists for this CVE. You can scan for it directly:
nuclei -id ghsa-f697-gm3h-xrf9 -u https://target- Template
- Apache HugeGraph-Server <1.5.0 - Authentication Bypass
- Severity
- critical
- Impact
- Attackers can bypass authentication, gaining unauthorized access to sensitive data or functionalities.
- Remediation
- Upgrade to Apache HugeGraph-Server version 1.5.0 or later.
Template by ProjectDiscovery nuclei-templates (wn147), MIT licensed. View the full template. Scan only systems you are authorised to test.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-f697-gm3h-xrf9 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-f697-gm3h-xrf9 across Maven dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.