CVE-2025-71392
Authenticated users can inject SurrealQL via exports, leading to root takeover on import.
Is CVE-2025-71392 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2025-71392 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.24% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2025-71392?
CVE-2025-71392 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.4. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2025-71392?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2025-71392. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2025-71392 affect?
CVE-2025-71392 affects SurrealDB < 2.0.5, SurrealDB 2.1.x < 2.1.5, SurrealDB 2.2.x < 2.2.2, Apps allowing user-defined tables/fields using SurrealDB. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2025-71392?
Upgrade to 2.0.5, 2.1.5 or 2.2.2; avoid importing untrusted backups.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Authenticated OWNER/EDITOR can inject SurrealQL in exported backups; import by higher-privileged user executes it, enabling privilege escalation and full root takeover.
Immediate action required
- affected< 2.2.2
- affected< 2.1.5
- affected< 2.0.5
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.