Server-side request forgery in SurrealDB via JWKS URL default ports
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-918 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
SurrealDB from 3.1.0 before 3.3.0 contains a server-side request forgery flaw (CWE-918) in its JWKS URL handling. A database Owner can bypass port-specific deny-net rules by using JWKS URLs with implicit default ports 80 or 443, so blind GET requests reach explicitly denied internal services. The Owner does this by configuring a JWT or record access method whose JWKS URL omits the port.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07
Description from the CNA
SurrealDB from 3.1.0 before 3.3.0 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability that allows database Owners to bypass port-specific deny-net rules by using JWKS URLs with implicit default ports. Attackers can configure a JWT or record access method whose JWKS URL omits port 80 or 443, causing blind GET requests to explicitly denied internal services.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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
Upgrade SurrealDB to version 3.3.0 or later, the fixed version.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07
- 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
7 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 5 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-84300 SurrealDB index planner lets users infer restricted fieldsPriority MEDIUM 57
- TI-2026-84301 MCP session hijack in SurrealDB via shared BoundSubject fingerprintPriority LOW 37
- TI-2026-84299 Use-after-free in SurrealDB KV backends via affinitypool spawn_localPriority LOW 37
Timeline
- 2026-11-03 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-121422
- 2026-11-03 Alias added: GHSA-7wm7-v445-mpw3
- 2026-11-07 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-07 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
More surrealdb vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-84300 SurrealDB index planner lets users infer restricted fields CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-121422 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-121422 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7wm7-v445-mpw3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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