GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io

GHSA-vjjx-rfw4-rmfc SurrealDB: Graph traversal bypasses table SELECT permissions

MEDIUM Published 2026-07-01 Modified 2026-09-04 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-63746
Ecosystem
crates.io
Packages
surrealdb
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200, CWE-863
Reviewed
2026-07-01

Affected packages

• crates.io surrealdb: < 3.1.0 → fixed in 3.1.0

Description

An authenticated record or scope user could read records on any table reachable through a graph edge or `REFERENCES TO` back-reference, regardless of that table's `PERMISSIONS FOR select` clause. Traversing `SELECT * FROM source->edge->target` returned full documents from `target` even when `target` was defined as `PERMISSIONS FOR select NONE`. The same bypass extended through multi-hop chains, so any table reachable by a sequence of edges from a readable starting point was exposed. The root cause: `GraphEdgeScan` and `ReferenceScan` fetched records straight from storage without routing them through `Document::pluck_select`, so the target table's permission expression was never consulted. Impact An authenticated record or scope user can read records on any table reachable through a chain of graph edges or back-references from a table they have `select` on, regardless of the target's `PERMISSIONS FOR select` clause. Confidentiality-only and bounded to the caller's current database — namespace and database isolation are unaffected. Patches A new per-batch permission cache (`exec::permission::CachedTableSelect`) resolves each target table's `SELECT` permission once and filters yielded values through `check_permission_for_value`, matching the regular `SELECT` code path. • Versions 3.1.0 and later are not affected. Workarounds • Remove `select` permission on edge tables whose targets should be hidden. • Use namespace or database isolation as the primary boundary where feasible.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-63746 SurrealDB versions before 3.1.0 fail to enforce table SELECT permissions when traversing graph edges or back-references. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness

References