CVE-2026-54061
Unauthenticated gRPC snapshot import allows DB overwrite on Dgraph Alpha (<25.3.5)
Is CVE-2026-54061 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-54061 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 0.58% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-54061?
CVE-2026-54061 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.1. 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-2026-54061?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-54061. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-54061 affect?
CVE-2026-54061 affects Dgraph Alpha <25.3.5, Dgraph clusters exposing gRPC port 9080, Deployments using Badger storage. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-54061?
Upgrade to 25.3.5, restrict gRPC port 9080, enforce auth, restore from backups
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Unauthenticated attacker can send snapshot streams to delete/replace DB data via gRPC port 9080, causing full data loss and tampering.
Immediate action required
- affected< 25.3.5
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.