CVE-2023-31135: Dgraph Audit Log Encryption nonce reuse

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-05-17 · updated 2026-10-23
Weakness: CWE-326

Description

Dgraph is an open source distributed GraphQL database. Existing Dgraph audit logs are vulnerable to brute force attacks due to nonce collisions. The first 12 bytes come from a baseIv which is initialized when an audit log is created. The last 4 bytes come from the length of the log line being encrypted. This is problematic because two log lines will often have the same length, so due to these collisions we are reusing the same nonce many times. All audit logs generated by versions of Dgraph <v23.0.0 are affected. Attackers must have access to the system the logs are stored on. Dgraph users should upgrade to v23.0.0. Users unable to upgrade should store existing audit logs in a secure location and for extra security, encrypt using an external tool like `gpg`.

Affected products

dgraph-io dgraph: before 23.0.0 — fixed in 23.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: dgraph-io dgraph 23.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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