What is CVE-2026-54061?

CVE-2026-54061 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dgraph-io Dgraph, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2026-07-08.

How severe is CVE-2026-54061?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Dgraph-io Dgraph

CVE-2026-54061

Dgraph is an open source distributed GraphQL database. Prior to version 25.3.5, Dgraph Alpha exposes the RPCs used for external snapshot import on the public gRPC port `:9080` without authentication or authorization. As a result, an unauth…

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Dgraph-io Dgraph — versions < 25.3.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-54061?: CVE-2026-54061 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dgraph-io Dgraph, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2026-07-08.
How severe is CVE-2026-54061?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.