Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
SurrealDB versions before 3.1.0 (crates.io package surrealdb) are affected. An unauthenticated remote attacker who can reach the WebSocket /rpc endpoint can send a deeply nested JSON payload that exhausts server memory and crashes the process. Upgrade to surrealdb 3.1.0 or later; as a workaround, restrict network access to the /rpc endpoint to trusted clients.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.7 | High | 4.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | CNA (VulnCheck) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0052, the 44th percentile, on 15 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-q729-696q-g9pq
- OSV: GHSA-q729-696q-g9pq
- github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/security/advisories/GHSA-q729-696q-g9pq
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63760
- github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/commit/1bd9826f477f4089134460dc5574b6f4e6916973
- github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/surrealdb-before-denial-of-service-via-json-parser