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TI-2025-43639 Aliases GHSA-rq86-9m6r-cm3g

SurrealDB has uncaught exception in Net module that leads to database crash

Priority LOW 38CWE-248Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
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Privileges required
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User interaction
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Attack complexity
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Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
Fixed

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub. Impact type from CWE-248.

Summary

A vulnerability was found where an attacker can crash the database via crafting a HTTP query that returns a null byte. The problem relies on an uncaught exception in the `net` module, where the result of the query will be converted to JSON before showing as the HTTP response to the user in the **/sql** endpoint. ### Impact This vulnerability allows any authenticated user to crash a SurrealDB instance by sending a crafted query with a null byte to the /sql endpoint. Where SurrealDB is used as an application backend, it is possible that an application user can crash the SurrealDB instance and thus the supported application through crafted inputs that exploit this attack vector. ### Patches A patch has been introduced that ensures the error is caught and converted as an error. - Versions 2.2.2, 2.1.5 and 2.0.5 and later are not affected by this isssue ### Workarounds Affected users who are unable to update may want to limit the ability of untrusted clients to run arbitrary queries in the affected versions of SurrealDB. To limit the impact of the denial of service, SurrealDB administrators may also want to ensure that the SurrealDB process is running so that it can be automatically re-started after a crash. Where SurrealDB is used as an application backend, ensure sanitisation of input at the application layer to prevent injection attacks. ### References https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/pull/5647

Why it matters now

Fix Fixed surrealdb (crates.io): 2.2.2, 2.1.5, 2.0.5

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—surrealdb (crates.io)2.2.0 to before 2.2.22.2.2Patch availableGHSA-rq86-9m6r-cm3g
—surrealdb (crates.io)2.1.0 to before 2.1.52.1.5Patch availableGHSA-rq86-9m6r-cm3g
—surrealdb (crates.io)before 2.0.52.0.5Patch availableGHSA-rq86-9m6r-cm3g
  • surrealdb (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 2.2.0 to before 2.2.2 Fixed in 2.2.2 Patch available GHSA-rq86-9m6r-cm3g
  • surrealdb (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 2.1.0 to before 2.1.5 Fixed in 2.1.5 Patch available GHSA-rq86-9m6r-cm3g
  • surrealdb (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 2.0.5 Fixed in 2.0.5 Patch available GHSA-rq86-9m6r-cm3g

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-rq86-9m6r-cm3g surrealdb (crates.io) Fixed in 2.2.2 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-rq86-9m6r-cm3g surrealdb (crates.io) Fixed in 2.1.5 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-rq86-9m6r-cm3g surrealdb (crates.io) Fixed in 2.0.5 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-rq86-9m6r-cm3g

References

Sources

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