CVE-2026-63738 SurrealDB 3.1.0 before 3.1.5 Field Permission Bypass via Traversal

What is CVE-2026-63738?

CVE-2026-63738 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Surrealdb Surrealdb, published on 20 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

SurrealDB versions 3.1.0 before 3.1.5 fail to enforce field-level SELECT permissions when records are accessed through graph-edge or back-reference traversals. Attackers with table-level SELECT access can read field values hidden by field-level permissions by materializing records through graph traversals instead of direct table scans.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-63738?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including surrealdb. It affects 1 product.

Products include Surrealdb Surrealdb.

How do I fix CVE-2026-63738?

Upgrade surrealdb to 3.1.5 or later.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2026-63738 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-63738 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Surrealdb Surrealdb

• CVE-2025-71392 SurrealDB before 2.2.2 SurrealQL Injection via export Critical 9.4
• CVE-2026-63756 SurrealDB before 3.1.0 Privilege Escalation via RPC Session Race Condition Critical 9.2
• CVE-2026-63747 SurrealDB before 3.1.0 Denial of Service via malformed RPC use High 8.7
• CVE-2026-63757 SurrealDB before 3.1.0 Session Hijacking via /rpc sessions High 8.7
• CVE-2026-63760 SurrealDB before 3.1.0 Denial of Service via JSON Parser High 8.7

All Surrealdb Surrealdb vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-hv6h-hc26-q48p.