Advisories

SurrealDB before 2.2.2 SurrealQL Injection via export

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severity
critical
date
Affecting
  • surrealdb >= 0, < 2.2.2

  • surrealdb >= 0, < 2.1.5

  • surrealdb >= 0, < 2.0.5

CWE
  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
CVSS
9.4
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Credit
cure53
Description
SurrealDB before 2.0.5, 2.1.x before 2.1.5, and 2.2.x before 2.2.2 fails to properly escape table and field names in the command-line export command. An authenticated System User with OWNER or EDITOR roles can create tables or fields with malicious names containing SurrealQL. When a higher-privileged user subsequently imports the exported backup, the injected SurrealQL executes, enabling privilege escalation and root-level takeover of the SurrealDB instance. Applications that let users define custom tables or fields are also exposed to a universal second-order SurrealQL injection even when query parameters are sanitized.

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