ghsa-6wqw-vhfr-9999

CVSS 4.3 osv_rustsec
Description

A record user could read records the table's SELECT permission expression should have hidden, when that expression referenced `$value`, `$before`, `$after`, or `$event`. Binding a chosen value to that name before registering a `LIVE SELECT` caused notifications to evaluate the permission against the attacker's input instead of the real document. ### Impact A record user binds a value to `$value`, `$before`, `$after`, or `$event` (e.g. `LET $value = [$auth.id]`) and registers `LIVE SELECT * FROM person`. The captured value shadows the real document at notification time, so a SELECT permission like `WHERE $auth.id.id() IN $value` passes for every record on the table — the subscriber receives notifications for records they should not see. Read-only impact, bounded to one table. Permission expressions that reference only field names, `$auth`, or `$session` are unaffected. ### Patches A patch has been introduced that re-orders the LIVE notification parameter binding so captured user variables are added first and the trusted document-context and session parameters are added last. - Versions 3.1.0 and later are not affected by this issue. ### Workarounds Affected users who are unable to update should avoid table-`PERMISSIONS` and LIVE `WHERE` expressions that read user-named variables (`$value`, `$before`, `$after`, `$event`) without also gating on a system-derived field such as the record id.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "source": "https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/07/GHSA-6wqw-vhfr-9999/GHSA-6wqw-vhfr-9999.json"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "crates.io",
        "name": "surrealdb",
        "purl": "pkg:cargo/surrealdb"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
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            {
              "fixed": "3.1.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-63749"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-863"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-07-01T20:20:00Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "A record user could read records the table's SELECT permission expression should have hidden, when that expression referenced `$value`, `$before`, `$after`, or `$event`. Binding a chosen value to that name before registering a `LIVE SELECT` caused notifications to evaluate the permission against the attacker's input instead of the real document.\n\n### Impact\n\nA record user binds a value to `$value`, `$before`, `$after`, or `$event` (e.g. `LET $value = [$auth.id]`) and registers `LIVE SELECT * FROM person`. The captured value shadows the real document at notification time, so a SELECT permission like `WHERE $auth.id.id() IN $value` passes for every record on the table — the subscriber receives notifications for records they should not see.\n\nRead-only impact, bounded to one table. Permission expressions that reference only field names, `$auth`, or `$session` are unaffected.\n\n### Patches\n\nA patch has been introduced that re-orders the LIVE notification parameter binding so captured user variables are added first and the trusted document-context and session parameters are added last.\n\n- Versions 3.1.0 and later are not affected by this issue.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nAffected users who are unable to update should avoid table-`PERMISSIONS` and LIVE `WHERE` expressions that read user-named variables (`$value`, `$before`, `$after`, `$event`) without also gating on a system-derived field such as the record id.",
  "id": "GHSA-6wqw-vhfr-9999",
  "modified": "2026-11-04T02:56:07.537441462Z",
  "published": "2026-07-01T20:20:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/security/advisories/GHSA-6wqw-vhfr-9999"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/commit/6bcc55c9c0494a0d4d36821019b54459f7162af7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/orgs/surrealdb/discussions/101"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "SurrealDB: Authenticated subscribers can read records hidden by SELECT permissions via LIVE subscriptions"
}
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