CVE-2025-71397

SurrealDB before 2.2.2 CPU Exhaustion via nested FOR loops

State
Published
Severity
7.1 High
Published
Jul 18, 2026
Updated
Oct 29, 2026
Reserved
Jul 16, 2026

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Description

SurrealDB before 2.0.5, 2.1.x before 2.1.5, and 2.2.x before 2.2.2 allows authenticated users with OWNER or EDITOR permissions (at the root, namespace, or database level) to define custom database functions via DEFINE FUNCTION using nested FOR loops. Although a single loop's iteration count is constrained, nesting multiple loops (e.g., each with 1,000,000 iterations) is not, so an attacker can execute a function that consumes all server CPU time. Configured timeouts do not stop the execution, rendering the server unresponsive to other queries and connections until it is manually restarted.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.07.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NVulnCheck

Weaknesses

  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
surrealdbsurrealdb
  • 2.2.0 to before 2.2.2Affected
  • 2.2.2Not affected
surrealdbsurrealdb
  • 2.1.0 to before 2.1.5Affected
  • 2.1.5Not affected
surrealdbsurrealdb
  • before 2.0.5Affected
  • 2.0.5Not affected

References

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