GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-fxc7-fm93-6q77 ArcadeDB vulnerable to cross-database authorization bypass and unsecured newly-created databases
CRITICAL
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-44221
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- com.arcadedb:arcadedb-server
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
- Reviewed
- 2026-05-05
Affected packages
• Maven com.arcadedb:arcadedb-server: >= 21.10.1, < 26.4.2 → fixed in 26.4.2
Description
Impact
Authenticated users and API tokens scoped to a specific database could read, write, and mutate schema on any other database on the same server. Two distinct defects contributed: (1) ServerSecurityUser.getDatabaseUser() returned a DB user with an uninitialized fileAccessMap, which requestAccessOnFile treated as allow-all; (2) ArcadeDBServer.createDatabase() omitted factory.setSecurity(...) so any database created via POST /api/v1/server {"command":"create database X"} had its entire record-level authorization system silently disabled. In combination, record-level and database-level authorization could be bypassed by any authenticated principal.
Patches
Upgrade to version 26.4.2
Resources
https://github.com/ArcadeData/arcadedb/commit/04110c06315da55604ac107f71fe7182f3a3deb8
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-44221 ArcadeDB is a Multi-Model DBMS. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness
References
- https://github.com/ArcadeData/arcadedb/security/advisories/GHSA-fxc7-fm93-6q77 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44221 advisory
- https://github.com/ArcadeData/arcadedb/commit/04110c06315da55604ac107f71fe7182f3a3deb8 web
- https://github.com/ArcadeData/arcadedb/commit/9e708f116b web
- https://github.com/ArcadeData/arcadedb package