SurrealDB vulnerable to memory exhaustion via nested functions and scripts

In order to prevent DoS situations due to infinite recursions, SurrealDB implements a limit of nested calls for both native functions and embedded JavaScript functions. However, in SurrealDB instances with embedded scripting functions enabled, it was found that this limit can be circumvented by...

GHSA-M7RC-8W7M-R9QR SurrealDB vulnerable to memory exhaustion via nested functions and scripts

In order to prevent DoS situations due to infinite recursions, SurrealDB implements a limit of nested calls for both native functions and embedded JavaScript functions. However, in SurrealDB instances with embedded scripting functions enabled, it was found that this limit can be circumvented by...

SurrealDB has uncaught exception in Net module that leads to database crash

A vulnerability was found where an attacker can crash the database via crafting a HTTP query that returns a null byte. The problem relies on an uncaught exception in the net module, where the result of the query will be converted to JSON before showing as the HTTP response to the user in the /sql...

GHSA-RQ86-9M6R-CM3G SurrealDB has uncaught exception in Net module that leads to database crash

A vulnerability was found where an attacker can crash the database via crafting a HTTP query that returns a null byte. The problem relies on an uncaught exception in the net module, where the result of the query will be converted to JSON before showing as the HTTP response to the user in the /sql...

PT-2025-16019 · Crates.Io · Surrealdb

An authenticated system user at the root, namespace, or database levels can use the DEFINE ANALYZER statement to point to arbitrary file locations on the file system, and should the file be tab separated with two columns, the analyzer can be leveraged to exfiltrate the content. This issue was...

PT-2026-60954

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SurrealDB versions prior to 2.2.2 Description When scripting is enabled, the system fails to properly enforce recursion limits in cases where native functions contain embedded JavaScript that issues new queries. Authenticated attackers can...

PT-2026-60955

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SurrealDB versions prior to 2.2.2 Description Authenticated users with root, namespace, or database level privileges can read arbitrary files on the file system. This occurs through the DEFINE ANALYZER statement, where attackers can point...

PT-2025-16021 · Crates.Io · Surrealdb

A vulnerability was found where an attacker can crash the database via crafting a HTTP query that returns a null byte. The problem relies on an uncaught exception in the net module, where the result of the query will be converted to JSON before showing as the HTTP response to the user in the /sql...

GHSA-27VQ-HV74-7CQP SurrealDB has Silent Failure to Overwrite Table Definition of Relation Type

The OVERWRITE clause of the DEFINE TABLE statement would fail to overwrite data for tables that were defined with TYPE RELATION. Since table definitions include the PERMISSIONS clause, this failure would result in permissions not being overwritten as a result, which may potentially lead users to...

SurrealDB has Silent Failure to Overwrite Table Definition of Relation Type

The OVERWRITE clause of the DEFINE TABLE statement would fail to overwrite data for tables that were defined with TYPE RELATION. Since table definitions include the PERMISSIONS clause, this failure would result in permissions not being overwritten as a result, which may potentially lead users to...

GHSA-M52V-24P8-654F SurrealDB has an Uncaught Exception Sorting Tables by Random Order

Sorting table records using an ORDER BY clause with the rand function as sorting mechanism could cause a panic due to relying on a comparison function that did not implement total order. This event resulted in a panic due to a recent change in Rust 1.81. Impact A client that is authorized to run...

SurrealDB has an Uncaught Exception Sorting Tables by Random Order

Sorting table records using an ORDER BY clause with the rand function as sorting mechanism could cause a panic due to relying on a comparison function that did not implement total order. This event resulted in a panic due to a recent change in Rust 1.81. Impact A client that is authorized to run...

GHSA-JC55-246C-R88F SurrealDB has an Uncaught Exception Handling Nonexistent Role

Roles for system users are stored as generic Ident values and converted as strings and into the Role enum whenever IAM operations are to be performed that require processing the user roles. This conversion expects those identifiers to only contain the values owner, editor and viewer and will retu...

SurrealDB has an Uncaught Exception Handling Nonexistent Role

Roles for system users are stored as generic Ident values and converted as strings and into the Role enum whenever IAM operations are to be performed that require processing the user roles. This conversion expects those identifiers to only contain the values owner, editor and viewer and will retu...

SurrealDB has an Uncaught Exception in Function Generating Random Time

The rand::time function in SurrealQL generates a random time from an optional range of two Unix timestamps. Due to the underlying use of timestampopt from the chrono crate, this function could potentially return None in some instances, leading to a panic when unwrap was called on its result in...

GHSA-H4F5-H82V-5W4R SurrealDB has an Uncaught Exception in Function Generating Random Time

The rand::time function in SurrealQL generates a random time from an optional range of two Unix timestamps. Due to the underlying use of timestampopt from the chrono crate, this function could potentially return None in some instances, leading to a panic when unwrap was called on its result in...

PT-2024-40311 · Surrealdb · Surrealdb

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: SurrealDB versions prior to 2.1.0 Description: The issue arises from the rand::time function in SurrealQL, which can potentially return None and cause a panic when unwrap is called, leading to a denial of service. An authorized client can mak...

PT-2024-40361 · Surrealdb · Surrealdb

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: SurrealDB versions prior to 2.1.0 Description: The issue arises when using an ORDER BY clause with the rand function for sorting table records, which can cause a panic due to a comparison function that does not implement total order. This can...

PT-2024-40343 · Surrealdb · Surrealdb

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: SurrealDB versions prior to 2.1.0 Description: The issue arises from the conversion of Ident values to the Role enum, which expects only specific values owner, editor, and viewer. If a nonexistent role is used, it would result in a panic,...

GHSA-9722-9J67-VJCR SurrealDB: Improper Authorization in Select Permissions

Due to the order in which permissions were processed, some statements, filters and computations could lead to leaking field values or record contents to users without the required permissions. This behavior could be triggered in different scenarios: - When performing a SELECT operation on a table...