SurrealDB up to 3.1.3 Index permission

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in SurrealDB up to 3.1.3. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Index. The manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-63740. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in SurrealDB up to 3.1.3. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Index. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

SurrealDB versions before 3.1.4 fail to properly enforce SELECT permissions on array elements (field.*) for record users, leaking denied array elements instead of hiding them. Attackers with record scope access can read array elements that element-level permissions should deny by exploiting incorrect index handling during permission filtering.

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-63740 since 07/18/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1222 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 3.1.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• SurrealDB

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• 3.1.0
• 3.1.1
• 3.1.2
• 3.1.3

Website

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

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