---
id: CVE-2025-71392
title: >-
  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
summary: >-
  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 wit…
severity: none
cwe:
  - CWE-77
published: '2026-07-18'
updated: '2026-07-18'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71392'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb/security/advisories/GHSA-ccj3-5p93-8p42
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/surrealdb-before-surrealql-injection-via-export
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-07-19T05:29:21.193Z'
epss: 0.00442
epssPercentile: 0.35811
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.