Answer in brief
CVE-2026-63738 records a Medium severity (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in SurrealDB: Field-level SELECT permissions bypassed via graph and reference traversals. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps surrealdb (rust). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
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CVSS is 4.3. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| surrealdbrust | >=3.1.0,<3.1.5 | 3.1.5 |
Published upstream
Jun 19, 2026
Evidence: source:ghsa:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 4, 2026
Evidence: source:ghsa:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jun 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. ### Impact A record user can read the values of fields hidden by field-level SELECT permissions, on tables they already hold table-level SELECT on, by materialising the records through a graph-edge, back-reference, or target-vertex traversal — recovering the values directly, for every record the traversal returns. The disclosure is confined to the field-permission layer: it grants **no unauthorised cross-table, cross-record, or cross-namespace/database access**. The table's own SELECT permission — including any row-level `WHERE` predicate — is still enforced, so the caller only reaches records they were already entitled to read; only the per-field SELECT filtering within those records is skipped. Root and record-owner sessions are unaffected, and data cannot be modified (confidentiality only). Table-level enforcement on these traversals landed in 3.1.0 (the fix for GHSA-vjjx-rfw4-rmfc); releases before 3.1.0 additionally exposed whole records on tables the caller could not read, and are covered by that advisory. ### Patches `resolve_record_batch` (the shared helper that materialises full records for graph and reference traversals) now applies field-level SELECT permissions and read-time `COMPUTED` fields to each record, matching the regular table-scan and `fetch_record` paths. Versions 3.1.5 and later are not affected. ### Workarounds - Force the unaffected legacy executor with `--planner-strategy compute-only` (env `SURREAL_PLANNER_STRATEGY`). - Do not rely on field-level SELECT permissions to hide values on tables reachable as a graph edge, reference target, or traversal vertex; restrict at the table level instead. - Use namespace / database isolation as the primary boundary where feasible. ### References - [SurrealQL Documentation — DEFINE FIELD](https://surrealdb.com/docs/surrealql/statements/define/field) - [SurrealQL Documentation — DEFINE TABLE … PERMISSIONS](https://surrealdb.com/docs/surrealql/statements/define/table) - [SurrealQL Documentation — Graph relationships](https://surrealdb.com/docs/surrealql/datamodel/relationships) - `fix(exec): apply field-level SELECT permissions + computed fields when graph/reference traversals materialize full records`
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