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GHSA-H5Q3-3V5Q-V5J8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-18 15:31 – Updated: 2026-09-04 19:36

Summary

Duplicate Advisory: SurrealDB server-takeover via SurrealQL injection on backup import

Details

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-ccj3-5p93-8p42. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

SurrealDB before 2.0.5, 2.1.x before 2.1.5, and 2.2.x before 2.2.2 fails to properly escape table and field names in the command-line export command. An authenticated System User with OWNER or EDITOR roles can create tables or fields with malicious names containing SurrealQL. When a higher-privileged user subsequently imports the exported backup, the injected SurrealQL executes, enabling privilege escalation and root-level takeover of the SurrealDB instance. Applications that let users define custom tables or fields are also exposed to a universal second-order SurrealQL injection even when query parameters are sanitized.

Severity

8.0 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.4 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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  "id": "GHSA-h5q3-3v5q-v5j8",
  "modified": "2026-09-04T19:36:07Z",
  "published": "2026-07-18T15:31:49Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/security/advisories/GHSA-ccj3-5p93-8p42"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71392"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/surrealdb-before-surrealql-injection-via-export"
    }
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
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}

CVE-2025-71392 (GCVE-0-2025-71392)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-18 13:10 – Updated: 2026-07-28 01:48

Title

SurrealDB before 2.2.2 SurrealQL Injection via export

Summary

Severity

9.4 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-07-21 02:39 UTC

CWE

CWE-77 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/security/a…	vendor-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/surrealdb-be…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

3 products

Vendor	Product	Version
surrealdb	surrealdb	Affected: 0 , < 2.2.2 (semver) Unaffected: 2.2.2 (semver)
surrealdb	surrealdb	Affected: 0 , < 2.1.5 (semver) Unaffected: 2.1.5 (semver)
surrealdb	surrealdb	Affected: 0 , < 2.0.5 (semver) Unaffected: 2.0.5 (semver)

Date Public

2025-04-10 00:00

Credits

cure53

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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