CVE-2025-71392

SurrealDB before 2.0.5, 2.1.x before 2.1.5, and 2.2.x before 2.2.2 fails to properly escape table and field names in the command-line export command. An authenticated System User with OWNER or EDITOR roles can create tables or fields with malicious names containing SurrealQL. When a higher-privileged user subsequently imports the exported backup, the injected SurrealQL executes, enabling privilege escalation and root-level takeover of the SurrealDB instance. Applications that let users define custom tables or fields are also exposed to a universal second-order SurrealQL injection even when query parameters are sanitized.

• github.comhttps://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/security/advisories/GHSA-ccj3-5p93-8p42
• www.vulncheck.comhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/surrealdb-before-surrealql-injection-via-export