SurrealDB before 2.2.2 SurrealQL Injection via export
Impact
SurrealDB before 2.2.2 has a SurrealQL injection vulnerability via export, allowing an authenticated System User with OWNER or EDITOR roles to create tables or fields with malicious names, potentially enabling privilege escalation. The weakness is due to improper neutralization of special elements. Affected versions include 2.2.x before 2.2.2, 2.1.x before 2.1.5, and before 2.0.5.
Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.Affected packages
Affected products
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surrealdb · VulnCheck
surrealdb
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surrealdb · VulnCheck
surrealdb
Package identity
pkg:cargo/surrealdbExplore surrealdb →Identity supplied by VulnCheck. Version matching requires compatible range evidence.
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affected
2.2.0 → before 2.2.2
semver versions
unaffected
2.2.2
semver versions
Other versions: unaffected
surrealdb · VulnCheck
surrealdb
2 ranges
surrealdb · VulnCheck
surrealdb
Package identity
pkg:cargo/surrealdbExplore surrealdb →Identity supplied by VulnCheck. Version matching requires compatible range evidence.
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affected
2.1.0 → before 2.1.5
semver versions
unaffected
2.1.5
semver versions
Other versions: unaffected
surrealdb · VulnCheck
surrealdb
2 ranges
surrealdb · VulnCheck
surrealdb
Package identity
pkg:cargo/surrealdbExplore surrealdb →Identity supplied by VulnCheck. Version matching requires compatible range evidence.
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affected
0 → before 2.0.5
semver versions
unaffected
2.0.5
semver versions
Other versions: unaffected
Original source 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.
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Original records
CVE-2025-71392View the latest unmodified CVE JSON from the official source. It may be newer than this imported page.
cve.new JSON →Underlying weaknesses
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Environment requirements
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VulnCheck · platform conditions
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Vulnerable product
cpe:2.3:a:surrealdb:surrealdb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*From (inclusive): 2.2.0
Before: 2.2.2
Vulnerable product
cpe:2.3:a:surrealdb:surrealdb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*From (inclusive): 2.1.0
Before: 2.1.5
Vulnerable product
cpe:2.3:a:surrealdb:surrealdb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Before: 2.0.5
Original applicability statements
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},
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"versionEndExcluding": "2.1.5",
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