SurrealDB before 3.3.0 Cross-Tenant Access via Headers
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
SurrealDB before 3.3.0 contains an authorization bypass in HTTP session construction where check_auth() verifies credentials against Surreal-Auth-NS and Surreal-Auth-DB headers but constructs sessions using Surreal-NS and Surreal-DB headers without validating access permissions. Attackers can authenticate as a user from one tenant while selecting another tenant's namespace and database to read, create, and modify records across tenant boundaries.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA surrealdb (surrealdb) Fixed in 3.3.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-102876
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xjq6-rqgg-x5j7
References
More surrealdb vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-84300 SurrealDB index planner lets users infer restricted fields CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-84304 Server-side request forgery in SurrealDB via JWKS URL default ports CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.1
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-102876 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-102876 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xjq6-rqgg-x5j7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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