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CVE-2025-71392: SurrealDB before 2.2.2 SurrealQL Injection via export

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-07-18 · updated 2026-10-29
• Weakness: CWE-77

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.

Affected products

• surrealdb: before 2.0.5; from 2.1.0 before 2.1.5; from 2.2.0 before 2.2.2 — fixed in 2.0.5, 2.1.5, 2.2.2
• surrealdb: from 2.2.0 before 2.2.2 — fixed in 2.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: surrealdb 2.0.5, 2.1.5, 2.2.2; surrealdb 2.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/security/advisories/GHSA-ccj3-5p93-8p42
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/surrealdb-before-surrealql-injection-via-export

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