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CVE-2026-75853

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Description

ArcadeDB's Gremlin wire-protocol plugin (com.arcadedb:arcadedb-gremlin) in versions <= 26.7.3 enforces authentication (SASL PLAIN) but performs no authorization: it never checks database access permissions (canAccessToDatabase) and never binds the authenticated principal into the engine. As a result, any valid server credential — even one provisioned for zero or one unrelated database — can read, write, and drop data in any database on the server by selecting a target database via a traversal-source alias, completely bypassing the engine's per-type/read-only/UPDATE_SCHEMA ACLs. The issue is fixed in version 26.8.1.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.7 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-08-18 12:19:35.727000
Last modified
2026-10-22 22:10:00.250000
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  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-08-18T12:19:35.727",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-22T22:10:00.250",
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      "value": "ArcadeDB's Gremlin wire-protocol plugin (com.arcadedb:arcadedb-gremlin) in versions <= 26.7.3 enforces authentication (SASL PLAIN) but performs no authorization: it never checks database access permissions (canAccessToDatabase) and never binds the authenticated principal into the engine. As a result, any valid server credential — even one provisioned for zero or one unrelated database — can read, write, and drop data in any database on the server by selecting a target database via a traversal-source alias, completely bypassing the engine's per-type/read-only/UPDATE_SCHEMA ACLs. The issue is fixed in version 26.8.1."
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      "value": "El plugin de protocolo de conexión Gremlin de ArcadeDB (com.arcadedb:arcadedb-gremlin) en versiones menor o igual que 26.7.3 impone autenticación (SASL PLAIN) pero no realiza autorización: nunca verifica los permisos de acceso a la base de datos (canAccessToDatabase) y nunca vincula el principal autenticado al motor. Como resultado, cualquier credencial de servidor válida - incluso una aprovisionada para cero o una base de datos no relacionada - puede leer, escribir y eliminar datos en cualquier base de datos en el servidor seleccionando una base de datos de destino a través de un alias de origen de recorrido, omitiendo completamente las ACLs per-tipo/solo lectura/UPDATE_SCHEMA del motor. El problema está solucionado en la versión 26.8.1."
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