CVE-2026-63763

SurrealDB before 2.5.0 Privilege Escalation via Future Fields

Published Jul 20, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:surrealdb:surrealdb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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First Time appeared Surrealdb
Surrealdb surrealdb
Vendors & Products Surrealdb
Surrealdb surrealdb
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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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.
Title SurrealDB before 2.5.0 Privilege Escalation via Future Fields
Weaknesses CWE-639
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.5, '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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Jul 28, 2026, 1:05 AM
Reserved
Jul 18, 2026, 12:34 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jul 20, 2026, 12:19 PM
Modified
Jul 22, 2026, 7:40 PM