GHSA-wp87-mgvq-5j93: SurrealDB: USE NS/DB implicit creation bypasses DEFINE authorization
An anonymous caller could create new namespaces and databases on a running SurrealDB instance without holding DEFINE NAMESPACE or DEFINE DATABASE permission.
USE NS <name> and USE DB <name> automatically create the target when it does not exist. The three places USE is handled — the RPC use method, Datastore::process_use, and the SurrealQL executor — did not check whether the caller was allowed to create the resource. Under default capabilities any session reached this path, including an unauthenticated guest.
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