# CVE-2026-75853: ArcadeDB Gremlin Wire Protocol Authorization Bypass Cross-Database

- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 26.8.1
- Published: 2026-08-18 · Updated: 2026-08-18

## Affected

- ArcadeData arcadedb: fixed in 26.8.1

## Description

ArcadeDB's Gremlin wire-protocol plugin (com.arcadedb:arcadedb-gremlin) in versions <= 26.7.3 enforces authentication (SASL PLAIN) but performs no authorization: it never checks database access permissions (canAccessToDatabase) and never binds the authenticated principal into the engine. As a result, any valid server credential — even one provisioned for zero or one unrelated database — can read, write, and drop data in any database on the server by selecting a target database via a traversal-source alias, completely bypassing the engine's per-type/read-only/UPDATE_SCHEMA ACLs. The issue is fixed in version 26.8.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ArcadeData arcadedb, upgrade to a fixed version (26.8.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/ArcadeData/arcadedb/security/advisories/GHSA-c287-v325-j5jx
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/arcadedb-gremlin-wire-protocol-authorization-bypass-cross-database

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