The Red Agent POV: Exploiting Broken Object-Level Authorization in an Airline GraphQL API
Wiz's red-team walkthrough shows how Broken Object-Level Authorization in a GraphQL API exposed an airline's full booking database in 15 minutes — a pattern common in hastily shipped APIs.
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Part 2: How the Red Agent bypassed backend resolvers to expose an entire airline booking database in fifteen minutes
Editorial Analysis
BOLA remains OWASP API Security's top risk; this real-world case demonstrates how quickly GraphQL APIs leak entire datasets when resolver-level authorisation is absent.
Audit all externally exposed GraphQL APIs for object-level authorisation enforcement and integrate BOLA test cases into API security reviews.
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