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GHSA-hv6h-hc26-q48p: SurrealDB: Field-level SELECT permissions bypassed via graph and reference traversals

June 19, 2026

A record user could read field values hidden from them by field-level SELECT permissions by reaching the records through a graph-edge (->) or back-reference (<~) traversal instead of a direct SELECT.

When a table was readable at the table level but carried a field hidden by a field-level permission (DEFINE FIELD secret ON knows PERMISSIONS FOR select NONE), a direct SELECT * FROM knows hid secret — but reaching the same records through a traversal that yields full objects — person:bob->(SELECT * FROM knows), person:bob<~(SELECT * FROM comment), or a projected target vertex ->knows->(SELECT * FROM person) — returned it intact.

The root cause: the shared resolve_record_batch helper used by GraphEdgeScan (FullEdge) and ReferenceScan (FullRecord) enforced only the table-level SELECT permission and pushed raw record data, never running the field-level filtering (build_field_state / filter_fields_by_permission) that ordinary table scans and fetch_record apply.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-hv6h-hc26-q48p
  • github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/security/advisories/GHSA-hv6h-hc26-q48p

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 3.1.0 before 3.1.5

Fixed versions

  • 3.1.5

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.1.5 or above.

Impact 4.3 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization

Source file

cargo/surrealdb/GHSA-hv6h-hc26-q48p.yml

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