Cross-tenant access in SurrealDB through namespace and database selection
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 does not check the namespace or database that a caller selects against the level at which a namespace- or database-level system user authenticated, which allows cross-tenant access. An authenticated attacker can set the Surreal-NS and Surreal-DB headers on /sql or call the RPC use method to read, create, modify, and delete rows in another tenant where table PERMISSIONS allow it. The flaw is classified as CWE-639, an authorization bypass through a user-controlled key.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
SurrealDB before 3.3.0 does not check the caller-selected namespace or database against the level at which a namespace- or database-level system user authenticated, allowing cross-tenant access. An authenticated attacker can set the Surreal-NS/Surreal-DB headers on /sql or call the RPC use method to read, create, modify, and delete rows and read DEFINE PARAM values in another tenant where table PERMISSIONS allow it.
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
Remediation
The fixed version is SurrealDB 3.3.0.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA surrealdb (surrealdb) Fixed in 3.3.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
surrealdb 3.3.0
11 records Highest priority Priority LOW 11 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-71159 Cross-tenant access in SurrealDB through the USE statementPriority LOW 39
- TI-2026-71157 Field permission bypass in SurrealDB via PATCH copy and movePriority LOW 31
- TI-2026-71155 Memory exhaustion in SurrealDB via Surrealism module output bufferingPriority LOW 31
Timeline
- 2026-10-12 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-109334
- 2026-10-12 Alias added: GHSA-jhvg-6gg5-qpmp
- 2026-10-13 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-13 CISA SSVC decision points changed
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-2026-109334 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-109334 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jhvg-6gg5-qpmp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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