Incorrect Authorization Affecting surrealdb package, versions <3.1.0-beta.3
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- published2 Jul 2026
- disclosed1 Jul 2026
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Introduced: 1 Jul 2026
New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-863 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade surrealdb to version 3.1.0-beta.3 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization in the LIVE subscription process. An attacker can access records that should be restricted by manipulating variables such as $value, $before, $after, or $event before registering a LIVE SELECT, causing permission checks to be evaluated against attacker-controlled input instead of the actual document. This is only exploitable if permission expressions reference these user-named variables without also gating on a system-derived field such as the record id.
Workaround
This vulnerability can be mitigated by avoiding permission and LIVE WHERE expressions that read user-named variables ($value, $before, $after, $event) unless they also check a system-derived field like the record id.