CVE-2026-107910
Authentication bypass in FalkorDB Bolt endpoint via fail-open AUTH probe error handling
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.2 Critical
- Published
- Oct 9, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 9, 2026
Description
An improper authentication vulnerability in the is_authenticated function (src/bolt/bolt_api.c) in FalkorDB before 4.20.0 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute graph queries without credentials through the Bolt endpoint. The function decides whether a password is required by issuing an empty AUTH command to Redis and treats only a WRONGPASS error as meaning that a password is required; any other error, such as LOADING while a dataset is being loaded, MASTERDOWN during replication failover, or OOM under memory pressure, causes the client to be treated as authenticated. Only deployments that enable the Bolt endpoint (BOLT_PORT, disabled by default) are affected.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 9.2 Critical | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | securin |
| 3.1 | 8.1 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | securin |
Weaknesses
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
FalkorDBFalkorDB |
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References
- FalkorDB PR #2170patch
- Fix commitpatch
- FalkorDB 4.20.0 release notesrelease-notes
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