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CVE-2026-75853· NVD / CVE Program· CNA VulnCheck

ArcadeDB Gremlin Wire Protocol Authorization Bypass Cross-Database

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.

HighCVSS 8.7 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Aug 18, 2026
Updated
Sep 8, 2026
EPSS
0.6% · 46th percentile
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Action score

34

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
34 / 40 · 8.7 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.6%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · VulnCheck
8.7
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Affected systems

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (VulnCheck). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • ArcadeData arcadedb

    • 26.8.1not affected
    • before 26.8.1affected · semver

Same product

arcadedata: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-75854ArcadeDB Redis Wire-Protocol Plugin Missing Authentication
    37Monitor
  • CVE-2026-75852ArcadeDB MongoDB wire protocol authentication bypass cross-database
    37Monitor
  • CVE-2026-75851ArcadeDB before 26.8.1 Authentication Bypass via Async Command
    37Monitor
  • CVE-2026-75843ArcadeDB before 26.8.1 Privilege Escalation via gRPC Transaction
    37Monitor
  • CVE-2026-67342ArcadeDB before 26.7.2 Authorization Bypass via Database Handlers
    37Monitor
  • CVE-2026-67341ArcadeDB before 26.7.2 Authorization Bypass via SQL DEFINE FUNCTION
    37Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
ArcadeData arcadedb26.8.1Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-6734417 days apartArcadeDB before 26.7.2 Authentication Bypass via ALTER TYPE
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2026-5407628 days apartArcadeDB: Read-only users can mutate database schema (incomplete fix of CVE-2026-44221)
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2026-758460 days apartArcadeDB before 26.8.1 Unauthorized Function Deletion via DELETE FUNCTION
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2026-762231 days apartArcadeDB before 26.8.1 Permission Bypass via DEFINE FUNCTION
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2026-9359531 days apartArcadeDB before 26.9.1 ACL Bypass via query_database Tool
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2026-9359631 days apartArcadeDB before 26.9.1 Authorization Bypass via Batch Edge Connect
    21Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-862 · Missing Authorization

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/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

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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