CVE-2024-58358: SurrealDB before 2.1.0 Denial of Service via Nonexistent Role

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-07-18 · updated 2026-10-27
Weakness: CWE-248

Description

SurrealDB versions before 2.1.0 contain a denial of service vulnerability in role conversion that allows privileged owner users to define users with nonexistent roles. Attackers can trigger an uncaught panic by signing in with a user assigned an invalid role, crashing the server.

Affected products

surrealdb: before 2.1.0 — fixed in 2.1.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: surrealdb 2.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/security/advisories/GHSA-jc55-246c-r88f
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/surrealdb-before-denial-of-service-via-nonexistent-role

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