Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-23897
Apollo Server is an open-source, spec-compliant GraphQL server that's compatible with any GraphQL client, including Apollo Client. In versions from 2.0.0 to 3.13.0, 4.2.0 to before 4.13.0, and 5.0.0 to before 5.4.0, the default configuration of startStandaloneServer from @apollo/server/standalone is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) attacks through specially crafted request bodies with exotic character set encodings. This issue does not affect users that use @apollo/server as a dependency for integration packages, like @as-integrations/express5 or @as-integrations/next, only direct usage of startStandaloneServer.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 6.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
Products affected by CVE-2026-23897
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.10.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.10.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.11.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.12.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.13.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.13.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.14.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.14.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.14.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.14.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.14.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.14.5
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.15.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.15.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.16.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.16.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.17.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.17.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.18.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.18.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.18.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.19.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.19.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.19.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.2.7
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.20.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.21.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.21.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.21.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.22.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.22.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.22.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.23.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.24.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.24.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.25.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.25.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.25.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.25.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.25.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.26.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.26.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.26.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.4.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.4.6
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.4.7
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.4.8
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.6.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.6.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.6.5
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.6.6
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.6.7
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.6.8
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.6.9
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.8.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.8.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.9.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.9.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.9.10
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.9.11
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.9.12
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.9.13
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.9.14
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.9.15
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.9.16
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.9.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.9.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.9.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.9.5
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.9.6
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.9.7
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.9.8
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:2.9.9
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.10.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.10.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.10.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.10.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.10.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.11.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.11.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.12.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.12.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.13.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.6.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.6.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.6.5
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.6.6
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.6.7
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.6.8
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.8.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.8.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:3.9.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.10.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.10.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.10.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.10.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.10.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.10.5
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.11.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.11.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.11.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.11.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.12.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.12.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.12.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.7.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.7.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.7.5
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.8.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.9.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.9.1
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.9.2
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.9.3
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.9.4
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:4.9.5
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:5.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:5.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:5.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:apollographql:apollo_server:5.3.0