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🛡️ CVE-2026-63739 — surrealdb

🟠 CVSS 7.7 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-22 NVD
7.7
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

SurrealDB before 3.1.5 contains an arbitrary file read vulnerability in the DEFINE ANALYZER mapper filter that allows database users with EDITOR or OWNER roles to read files accessible to the SurrealDB process. Attackers can specify arbitrary file paths in the mapper filter and retrieve file contents through query error messages when the SURREAL_FILE_ALLOWLIST is empty or not configured.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-63739 is classified as CWE-22: Path Traversal. A file path built from user input is not confined to the intended directory, letting an attacker reach files elsewhere on the filesystem.

Affected software

CVE-2026-63739 is recorded against 1 package.

  • surrealdb (fixed in 3.1.5)

Timeline and source

Published on 20 July 2026 and last revised on 22 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com
www.vulncheck.com

Other advisories for this package

surrealdb has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-22: Path Traversal) in other software:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.7
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-22
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-07-20
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-22
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
surrealdb 3.1.5

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