CVE-2026-44221 CRITICAL

CVE-2026-44221: ArcadeDB: Cross-database authorization bypass and unsecured newly-created databases

Vendor Arcadedata
Product arcadedb
Weakness CWE-863 · Incorrect authorization
Published May 12, 2026
Last update May 13, 2026

CVSS base score

9.0/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

ArcadeDB is a Multi-Model DBMS. Prior to 2.6.4, authenticated users and API tokens scoped to a specific database could read, write, and mutate schema on any other database on the same server. Two distinct defects contributed: (1) ServerSecurityUser.getDatabaseUser() returned a DB user with an uninitialized fileAccessMap, which requestAccessOnFile treated as allow-all; (2) ArcadeDBServer.createDatabase() omitted factory.setSecurity(...) so any database created via POST /api/v1/server {"command":"create database X"} had its entire record-level authorization system silently disabled. In combination, record-level and database-level authorization could be bypassed by any authenticated principal. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.6.4.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 12, 2026 CVE published
May 13, 2026 Record updated