CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedSurrealDB versions prior to 2.6.1 and 3.0.0-beta.3 are vulnerable to a denial of service attack through their embedded JavaScript engine, which can be exploited by users executing arbitrary queries, including unauthenticated guests if the --allow-guests option is enabled. This vulnerability allows attackers to trigger a null pointer dereference, causing the server process to crash and necessitating a manual restart. Organizations using affected versions should prioritize patching to mitigate the risk of service disruption.
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Original NVD Description
SurrealDB before v2.6.1 (and before v3.0.0-beta.3) contains a denial of service vulnerability in its embedded JavaScript scripting engine, which is enabled via the --allow-scripting capability (disabled by default). Any user able to execute arbitrary queries — including unauthenticated guests when --allow-guests is enabled — can use built-in string functions to construct a large string and pass it to the JavaScript runtime for compilation, triggering a null pointer dereference in the underlying QuickJS-NG engine. This causes the server process to terminate immediately without graceful shutdown, requiring a manual restart. The issue was fixed by updating the rquickjs dependency from v0.9.0 to v0.11.0.
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