Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
SurrealDB versions before 3.1.4 do not enforce array element-level (field.*) SELECT permissions correctly for record users, so denied array elements can be returned in query results. A record (scope) user who can already SELECT the table can read elements that should be hidden, and a deny-all or a WHERE predicate both return the wrong elements. Upgrade to SurrealDB 3.1.4, which fixes the issue. Field-level permissions are not affected.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | High | 4.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | CNA (VulnCheck) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0036, the 29th percentile, on 9 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:17 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:17 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-8rw6-p7m8-63jp
- OSV: GHSA-8rw6-p7m8-63jp
- github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/security/advisories/GHSA-8rw6-p7m8-63jp
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63740
- github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/commit/8f89b260bb9692e5b0d58930793d482a8207eedc
- github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/surrealdb-before-array-element-permission-bypass