Vulnerability · Published Jul 20, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-63763SurrealDB before 2.5.0 Privilege Escalation via Future Fields
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity authorization bypass via user-controlled key 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 43% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
SurrealDB before 2.5.0 and before 3.0.0-beta.3 contains a confused deputy privilege escalation vulnerability. Unprivileged users (e.g., those with the database editor role) can create or modify fields containing futures, functions, or closures. Because these are executed in the context of the invoking/querying user rather than their creator, an attacker can plant malicious logic that executes with a higher-privileged user's permissions when that user reads or writes the affected record. This can lead to full privilege escalation, including creation of a root owner and server takeover.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-639 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-3v2x-9xcv-2v2v) vendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: SurrealDB before 2.5.0 Privilege Escalation via Future Fields third-party-advisory