CVE-2026-63309 SurrealDB < 3.1.5 Information Disclosure via ORDER BY

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Authenticated users can leak the relative ordering of restricted field values in SurrealDB by exploiting missing permission checks in ORDER BY clauses.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2026-63309?

CVE-2026-63309 is a medium-severity vulnerability in surrealdb, published on 17 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

SurrealDB before 3.1.5 fail to apply field-level SELECT permissions to ORDER BY clauses, allowing authenticated users to leak the relative ordering of restricted field values. Attackers can issue ORDER BY queries on indexed restricted fields to recover the hidden values' sort order across records, even though the field itself returns null as intended.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-63309?

How do I fix CVE-2026-63309?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-63309 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2026-63309 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-63309 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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