SurrealDB up to 2.0.4/2.1.4/2.2.1 Export table/field injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in SurrealDB up to 2.0.4/2.1.4/2.2.1. This impacts an unknown function of the component Export. The manipulation of the argument table/field results in injection. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-71392. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in SurrealDB up to 2.0.4/2.1.4/2.2.1. Affected is an unknown code block of the component Export. The manipulation of the argument table/field with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

SurrealDB before 2.0.5, 2.1.x before 2.1.5, and 2.2.x before 2.2.2 fails to properly escape table and field names in the command-line export command. An authenticated System User with OWNER or EDITOR roles can create tables or fields with malicious names containing SurrealQL. When a higher-privileged user subsequently imports the exported backup, the injected SurrealQL executes, enabling privilege escalation and root-level takeover of the SurrealDB instance. Applications that let users define custom tables or fields are also exposed to a universal second-order SurrealQL injection even when query parameters are sanitized.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-71392 since 07/16/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1055 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 2.0.5, 2.1.5 or 2.2.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Name

• SurrealDB

Version

• 2.0.0
• 2.0.1
• 2.0.2
• 2.0.3
• 2.0.4
• 2.1.0
• 2.1.1
• 2.1.2
• 2.1.3
• 2.1.4
• 2.2.0
• 2.2.1

Website

• Product: https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/

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