SurrealDB before 1.5.5 (and 2.0.0-beta before 2.0.0-beta.3) accepts an arbitrary object in the signin and signup operations of the RPC API without recursively validating it for non-computed values. When a record access method defines a SIGNIN or SIGNUP query and the RPC API is exposed to untrusted users, an unauthenticated attacker can encode a binary object containing a subquery using the bincode serialization format and supply it in place of credentials. The subquery is then executed within the database owner's SIGNIN/SIGNUP query under a system user session with the editor role, allowing the attacker to select, create, update, and delete non-IAM resources (though not view the query results directly, and not affect IAM resources, which require the owner role).
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/surrealdb-before-query-injection-via-rpc-api
https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/security/advisories/GHSA-64f8-pjgr-9wmr
Published: 2026-07-18
Updated: 2026-07-18
Base Score: 9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Severity: High
Base Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: High
Base Score: 8.7
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: High