CVE-2026-81190
KurrentDB: Privileged access to read $all enables arbitrary file read and GET-only SSRF
What happened?
KurrentDB is a database engineered for modern software applications and event-driven architectures. In version 26.1.0, a user authorized to read the $all stream can use Secondary Indexing query capabilities to read arbitrary files accessible to the database process, enumerate directories, and issue HTTP GET requests from that process. The default configuration limits this privilege to administrators. The flaw does not permit file writes and does not expose environment variables. This issue is fixed in version 26.1.1.
Affected software and versions
| Software | Version information | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| KurrentDBkurrent-io | affected: = 26.1.0 | See vendor advisory |
Version information comes from the source record and can include unaffected products and exceptions. Distribution packages may contain backported fixes: an older upstream version alone does not prove a server is affected.
Is it being exploited?
This CVE was not listed in the CISA catalogue at our last retrieval. This does not establish that exploitation is absent.
How to respond
- Confirm the product, installed package version, and any configuration requirements in the vendor advisory.
- Follow the vendor’s remediation or workaround guidance in the references below. Structured fixed-version data is unavailable here; the publisher’s description may include a fix or workaround.
- Restart affected services if required, then verify the running version. Known exploitation may warrant investigation as well as patching.
Sources and remediation references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-81190
- https://github.com/kurrent-io/KurrentDB/security/advisories/GHSA-r8vq-5875-cq97
- https://github.com/kurrent-io/KurrentDB/pull/5674
- https://github.com/kurrent-io/KurrentDB/commit/18706d0d5fcec5e2fbb0d20f76638d113b5842c8
- https://github.com/kurrent-io/KurrentDB/releases/tag/v26.1.1
- https://kurrentdb.kurrent.io/releases/kurrentdb-26-1-1-security-release