Vulnerability · Published Jul 15, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity incorrect authorization 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 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 71.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

SurrealDB is a scalable, distributed, collaborative, document-graph database for the realtime web. Prior to 3.1.0, Document::purge_edges in surrealdb/core/src/doc/delete.rs automatically removed graph edge records with permissions disabled through opt.clone().with_perms(false) when a connected node was deleted, bypassing the edge table's PERMISSIONS FOR delete and PERMISSIONS FOR select clauses. This issue is fixed in version 3.1.0.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
surrealdb	surrealdb	< 3.1.0

Weakness: CWE-285, CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/security/advisories/GHSA-whwg-vh4f-pmmf x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/commit/500f4060349580b9cbb9c07b8112a487551c4616 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/releases/tag/v3.1.0 x_refsource_MISC