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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-18 13:10 – Updated: 2026-07-18 13:10
VLAI
Title
SurrealDB before 2.2.2 SurrealQL Injection via export
Summary
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
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
CWE
  • CWE-77 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
surrealdb surrealdb Affected: 0 , < 2.2.2 (semver)
Unaffected: 2.2.2 (semver)
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surrealdb surrealdb Affected: 0 , < 2.1.5 (semver)
Unaffected: 2.1.5 (semver)
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surrealdb surrealdb Affected: 0 , < 2.0.5 (semver)
Unaffected: 2.0.5 (semver)
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Date Public
2025-04-10 00:00
Credits
cure53
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