Vulnerability · Published Jul 18, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2025-71393SurrealDB before 2.2.2 Memory Exhaustion via Nested Functions
Medium 6.0
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in surrealdb from surrealdb. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 4.0)6.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
SurrealDB before 2.2.2 with scripting enabled fails to properly enforce recursion limits when native functions contain embedded JavaScript that issues new queries. Authenticated attackers can bypass the recursion limit by chaining native and JavaScript function calls to trigger infinite recursion and exhaust server memory.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-674 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-m7rc-8w7m-r9qr) vendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: SurrealDB before 2.2.2 Memory Exhaustion via Nested Functions third-party-advisory