CVE-2024-58370 — surrealdb
Fix: surrealdb/surrealdb#3232CVE-2024-58370 is a CWE-674 vulnerability in surrealdb. A fix is available for surrealdb — see the affected versions and patch details below.
SurrealDB before 1.1.0 Uncontrolled Recursion Denial of Service
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2024-58370.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
Real-World Exposure
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Description
In some specific instances, the SurrealQL parser will attempt to recursively parse nested statements or idioms (i.e. nested IF and RELATE statements, nested basic idioms and nested access to attributes) without checking if the depth limit established by default or in the SURREAL_MAX_COMPUTATION_DEPTH environment variable is exceeded. This can lead to the stack overflowing when the nesting surpasses certain levels of depth.
Impact
An attacker that is authorized to run queries on a SurrealDB server may be able to run a query using the affected statements and idioms with very deep nesting in order to crash the server, leading to denial of service.
Patches
- Version 1.1.0 and later are not affected by this issue.
Workarounds
Concerned users unable to update may want to limit the ability of untrusted users to run arbitrary SurrealQL queries in the affected versions of SurrealDB. To limit the impact of the denial of service, SurrealDB administrators may also want to ensure that the SurrealDB process is running so that it can be automatically re-started after a crash.
References
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=62410
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=62652
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=63797
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=64445
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=64731
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=65277
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🦀crates.io | surrealdb | all versions | 1.1.0cargo update -p surrealdb --precise 1.1.0 |
Affected Products
surrealdbsurrealdbDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for surrealdb, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update surrealdb to 1.1.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2024-58370 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Stop feeding it untrusted input: reject or quarantine files and payloads from unverified sources until you can upgrade, restrict accepted formats to the ones you actually need, and run the parsing or decoding step in a least-privileged sandbox or short-lived worker so a crash or corrupted read cannot reach the rest of the process.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2024-58370 in your dependencies?
Find it across crates.io, including transitive dependencies.