{"id":"GHSA-h5q3-3v5q-v5j8","summary":"Duplicate Advisory: SurrealDB server-takeover via SurrealQL injection on backup import","details":"## Duplicate Advisory\n\nThis advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-ccj3-5p93-8p42. This link is maintained to preserve external references.\n\n## Original Description\nSurrealDB 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when query parameters are sanitized.","modified":"2026-09-04T19:45:06.852094548Z","published":"2026-07-18T15:31:49Z","withdrawn":"2026-09-04T19:36:07Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed_at":"2026-09-04T19:36:07Z","nvd_published_at":"2026-07-18T14:17:10Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-77"],"severity":"CRITICAL","github_reviewed":true},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/security/advisories/GHSA-ccj3-5p93-8p42"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71392"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/surrealdb-before-surrealql-injection-via-export"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"surrealdb","ecosystem":"crates.io","purl":"pkg:cargo/surrealdb"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"database_specific":{"last_known_affected_version_range":"\u003c 2.0.5","source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/07/GHSA-h5q3-3v5q-v5j8/GHSA-h5q3-3v5q-v5j8.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X"}]}