SurrealDB before 2.1.0 Denial of Service via Nonexistent Role
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-248.
Summary
SurrealDB versions before 2.1.0 contain a denial of service vulnerability in role conversion that allows privileged owner users to define users with nonexistent roles. Attackers can trigger an uncaught panic by signing in with a user assigned an invalid role, crashing the server.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| surrealdb | surrealdb | before 2.1.0 | 2.1.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| surrealdb | surrealdb | before 2.1.0 | 2.1.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | surrealdb (crates.io) | before 2.1.0 | 2.1.0 | Patch available | GHSA-jc55-246c-r88f |
| — | surrealdb-core (crates.io) | before 2.1.0 | 2.1.0 | Patch available | GHSA-jc55-246c-r88f |
- surrealdb Vendorsurrealdb Affected before 2.1.0 Fixed in 2.1.0 Patch available CNA
- surrealdb Vendorsurrealdb Affected before 2.1.0 Fixed in 2.1.0 Patch available CNA
- surrealdb (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 2.1.0 Fixed in 2.1.0 Patch available GHSA-jc55-246c-r88f
- surrealdb-core (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 2.1.0 Fixed in 2.1.0 Patch available GHSA-jc55-246c-r88f
Remediation
- Fix · CNA surrealdb (surrealdb) Fixed in 2.1.0
- Fix · CNA surrealdb (surrealdb) Fixed in 2.1.0
- Fix · GHSA-jc55-246c-r88f surrealdb (crates.io) Fixed in 2.1.0 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-jc55-246c-r88f surrealdb-core (crates.io) Fixed in 2.1.0 Advisory →
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
surrealdb 2.1.0
3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-38443 SurrealDB before 2.1.0 Denial of Service via rand() SortingPriority LOW 32
- TI-2024-38441 SurrealDB before 2.1.0 Denial of Service via rand::time()Priority LOW 32
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-58358
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jc55-246c-r88f
References
More Surrealdb vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-45344 SurrealDB before 3.1.0 Session Hijacking via /rpc sessions CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2024-38452 SurrealDB before 1.1.0 Denial of Service via HTTP Headers CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-45347 SurrealDB before 3.1.0 Denial of Service via JSON Parser CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-45334 SurrealDB before 3.1.0 Denial of Service via malformed RPC use CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2025-43508 SurrealDB before 2.2.2 SurrealQL Injection via export CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-45343 SurrealDB before 3.1.0 Privilege Escalation via RPC Session Race Condition CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
Sources
- CVE-2024-58358 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-58358 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jc55-246c-r88f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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