Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-63756

Race Condition in Surrealdb ≤ 3.1.0

Public PoCRace Condition
Published
20 July 2026
Modified
22 July 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v4 9.2
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0027 19th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-63756 is a critical-severity Race Condition (CWE-362) vulnerability in Surrealdb Surrealdb. Its CVSS base score is 9.2 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 19th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SC-23 (Session Authenticity) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

SurrealDB versions before 3.1.0 contain a time-of-check/time-of-use race condition in the HTTP /rpc endpoint that allows unauthenticated requests to inherit authenticated session state. Unauthenticated attackers can send concurrent requests to the /rpc endpoint while legitimate authenticated traffic is active to…

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execute operations with hijacked user privileges.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
Why these techniques?

Race condition in public-facing /rpc endpoint directly enables exploitation to hijack authenticated sessions and escalate to user privileges.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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CVE-2026-63743Same product: Surrealdb Surrealdb
CVE-2026-63752Same product: Surrealdb Surrealdb
CVE-2026-63736Same product: Surrealdb Surrealdb
CVE-2026-63735Same product: Surrealdb Surrealdb
CVE-2026-63760Same product: Surrealdb Surrealdb

Affected Assets

surrealdb
surrealdb
≤ 3.1.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • SC-23 Session Authenticity
  • AC-12 Session Termination
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V10.4.2
  • V10.4.5
  • V15.1.3
  • V15.4.1

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly enforces access decisions on every /rpc request so that unauthenticated requests cannot inherit authenticated session state via the TOCTOU race.

prevent

Requires cryptographic or protocol mechanisms that bind each request to its originating authenticated session, eliminating the ability for concurrent unauthenticated requests to hijack session state.

prevent

Forces immediate session termination or re-validation on concurrent or out-of-order requests, reducing the window in which the race condition can be exploited.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require proper synchronization primitives and concurrency testing that prevent race conditions.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

detects

Security testing can detect race conditions, but does not prevent them at design or coding time.

prevents

Secure SDLC mandates concurrency controls and synchronization primitives that directly prevent race conditions.

prevents

Application security requirements can specify thread-safety and locking rules, but do not prescribe implementation details.

prevents

Secure architecture principles require proper synchronization and resource isolation, addressing the root cause of CWE-362.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe concurrent access patterns and mandate atomic operations or locks.

none

Change management reduces introduction of concurrency bugs during updates, yet does not address the weakness itself.

References