# CVE-2026-49997: SurrealDB: Edge PERMISSIONS FOR delete bypassed when a connected node is deleted

- Also known as: GHSA-WHWG-VH4F-PMMF
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.1.0
- Published: 2026-07-15 · Updated: 2026-07-20

## Affected

- surrealdb: fixed in 3.1.0
- surrealdb (crates.io): fixed in 3.1.0

## Description

SurrealDB is a scalable, distributed, collaborative, document-graph database for the realtime web. Prior to 3.1.0, Document::purge_edges in surrealdb/core/src/doc/delete.rs automatically removed graph edge records with permissions disabled through opt.clone().with_perms(false) when a connected node was deleted, bypassing the edge table's PERMISSIONS FOR delete and PERMISSIONS FOR select clauses. This issue is fixed in version 3.1.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on surrealdb, upgrade to a fixed version (3.1.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/security/advisories/GHSA-whwg-vh4f-pmmf
- https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/commit/500f4060349580b9cbb9c07b8112a487551c4616
- https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/releases/tag/v3.1.0

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