What is CVE-2026-49997?

CVE-2026-49997 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Surrealdb, classified under Improper Authorization. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-07-15.

How severe is CVE-2026-49997?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Surrealdb

CVE-2026-49997

SurrealDB is a scalable, distributed, collaborative, document-graph database for the realtime web. Prior to 3.1.0, Document::purge_edges in surrealdb/core/src/doc/delete.rs automatically removed graph edge records with permissions disabled…

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Surrealdb — versions < 3.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-285 — Improper Authorization
CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-49997?: CVE-2026-49997 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Surrealdb, classified under Improper Authorization. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-07-15.
How severe is CVE-2026-49997?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.