CVE-2026-63755

MEDIUM

SurrealDB before 3.1.0 Permission Bypass via WHERE Clause

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

SurrealDB before 3.1.0 evaluates user-supplied WHERE clauses in SELECT statements (and SET/MERGE/CONTENT/PATCH clauses in UPDATE, UPSERT, INSERT ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE, and RELATE update-variant statements) against full record data before enforcing PERMISSIONS FOR SELECT WHERE restrictions. An authenticated user — including Record and Scope users — can exploit this ordering flaw to read the full contents of any table in the database they are authenticated against, bypassing table-level permission checks. Exfiltration is most direct when scripting functions are enabled (--allow-scripting), but is also possible via SurrealQL's THROW statement and timing-based side channels without scripting. The vulnerability is confined to the attacker's current database and does not cross namespace or database isolation boundaries.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-98fx-66cf-fc7c)
https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/security/advisories/GHSA-98fx-66cf-fc7c
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: SurrealDB before 3.1.0 Permission Bypass via WHERE Clause
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/surrealdb-before-permission-bypass-via-where-clause

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 11.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-863
Status published
Products (2)
surrealdb/surrealdb < 3.1.0 (2 CPE variants)
surrealdb/surrealdb 3.1.0
Published Jul 20, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 20, 2026