CVE-2026-49997 SurrealDB: Edge PERMISSIONS FOR delete bypassed when a connected node is deleted

SurrealDB is a scalable, distributed, collaborative, document-graph database for the realtime web. Prior to 3.1.0, Document::purgeedges in surrealdb/core/src/doc/delete.rs automatically removed graph edge records with permissions disabled through opt.clone.withpermsfalse when a connected node was...

CVE-2026-49997

CVE-2026-49997 affects SurrealDB prior to version 3.1.0, where Document::purge_edges could bypass edge table permissions for delete and select when a connected node was deleted. The issue occurs as edge records connected to a deleted node were removed with permissions disabled, bypassing edge-tab...

SurrealDB: Edge PERMISSIONS FOR delete bypassed when a connected node is deleted

In SurrealDB, records can be connected as a graph: a RELATE statement creates an edge record between two node records. If either endpoint node is deleted, SurrealDB automatically removes the edge row to keep the graph consistent. A user with permission to delete a node could also delete the edges...