CVE-2026-63763

HIGH

SurrealDB before 2.5.0 Privilege Escalation via Future Fields

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

SurrealDB before 2.5.0 and before 3.0.0-beta.3 contains a confused deputy privilege escalation vulnerability. Unprivileged users (e.g., those with the database editor role) can create or modify fields containing futures, functions, or closures. Because these are executed in the context of the invoking/querying user rather than their creator, an attacker can plant malicious logic that executes with a higher-privileged user's permissions when that user reads or writes the affected record. This can lead to full privilege escalation, including creation of a root owner and server takeover.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-3v2x-9xcv-2v2v)
https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/security/advisories/GHSA-3v2x-9xcv-2v2v
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: SurrealDB before 2.5.0 Privilege Escalation via Future Fields
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/surrealdb-before-privilege-escalation-via-future-fields

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 19.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-639
Status published
Products (6)
surrealdb/surrealdb 3.0.0 alpha1 (19 CPE variants)
surrealdb/surrealdb < 2.5.0 (2 CPE variants)
surrealdb/surrealdb < 3.0.0-beta.3
surrealdb/surrealdb 2.5.0
surrealdb/surrealdb 3.0.0-alpha.1 - 3.0.0-beta.3
surrealdb/surrealdb 3.0.0-beta.3
Published Jul 20, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 20, 2026