CVE-2025-71392 PUBLISHED

SurrealDB before 2.2.2 SurrealQL Injection via export

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 16.07.2026 Published: 18.07.2026 Updated: 18.07.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: 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
CVSS Score: 9.4

Product Status

Vendor surrealdb
Product surrealdb
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2.2.2 (excl.)
  • Version 2.2.2 is unaffected
Vendor surrealdb
Product surrealdb
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2.1.5 (excl.)
  • Version 2.1.5 is unaffected
Vendor surrealdb
Product surrealdb
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2.0.5 (excl.)
  • Version 2.0.5 is unaffected

Credits

  • cure53 reporter

References

Problem Types

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