GHSA-fwg2-gr34-q3w8

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fwg2-gr34-q3w8

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/07/GHSA-fwg2-gr34-q3w8/GHSA-fwg2-gr34-q3w8.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-fwg2-gr34-q3w8

Aliases

CVE-2026-63761

Published

2026-07-01T20:23:01Z

Modified

2026-09-04T20:55:31Z

Severity

4.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator

Summary

SurrealDB: ES512 silently downgraded to ES384 due to jsonwebtoken crate limitation

Details

When a user configures ALGORITHM ES512 for any JWT access method (DEFINE ACCESS ... TYPE JWT ALGORITHM ES512), SurrealDB silently substitutes ES384 at all four internal algorithm conversion points. This occurs because the underlying jsonwebtoken crate (v10.x) does not include an ES512 algorithm variant, so the mapping defaults to ES384 without raising an error, warning, or log message.

Users who provide the correct P-521 key type for ES512 will experience authentication handshake failures due to the curve mismatch with ES384 (which expects P-384).

Impact

Authentication handshake failures when using ES512 with the correct P-521 key type, and when tokens are verified by external systems expecting real ES512 signatures.

This vulnerability cannot be exploited to forge tokens or compromise the integrity or confidentiality of data handled by SurrealDB, as ES384 remains cryptographically strong.

Patches

Versions prior to SurrealDB v3.1.0 are vulnerable.

The patches for SurrealDB v3.1.0 block new DEFINE ACCESS statements using ALGORITHM ES512 with a clear error message and add deprecation warnings at runtime for existing stored ES512 definitions.

Workarounds

Users should reconfigure affected JWT access methods to use a supported algorithm such as ES384 (with a P-384 key pair) or another supported algorithm. Review any DEFINE ACCESS statements specifying ALGORITHM ES512 and update them accordingly.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-327"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-07-01T20:23:01Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  null,
    "severity":  "MODERATE"
}

References

Affected packages

crates.io / surrealdb

Package

Name: surrealdb; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:cargo/surrealdb

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.1.0

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/07/GHSA-fwg2-gr34-q3w8/GHSA-fwg2-gr34-q3w8.json"