Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain valid ArcadeDB credentials
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DeliveryConnect to Cypher query endpoint
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ExploitSubmit crafted range() query with extreme bounds
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ExecutionTrigger JVM OutOfMemoryError
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ImpactDatabase becomes temporarily unavailable to all users
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource allocation limits
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires a valid authenticated session with permission to execute Cypher queries against an ArcadeDB instance (PR:L per CVSS vector). The attacker must have credentials to submit queries - anonymous or unauthenticated access is insufficient. The range() function must be reachable through the Cypher interface, which is a standard ArcadeDB feature enabled by default. No non-default configuration is required beyond possessing a valid user account. Exploitation is limited to availability impact only (no confidentiality or integrity compromise), and impact is temporary - service typically recovers after JVM garbage collection or restart. Deployments that restrict Cypher access to fully trusted internal users are not meaningfully at risk. |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 score of 5.3 (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N) reflects a medium-severity issue with a constrained real-world impact profile. The PR:L metric confirms exploitation requires authenticated access, which is the primary limiting factor - unauthenticated threat actors cannot weaponize this directly. The Availability impact is rated Low (VA:L), consistent with the described outcome of temporary service degradation rather than permanent data loss or corruption. No EPSS score was provided in the input data, so probabilistic exploitation likelihood cannot be quantified. No KEV listing and no public POC further reduce urgency. This vulnerability is best characterized as an availability risk from a malicious or compromised insider or authenticated external user, not a perimeter-level threat. The overall risk is real but contained to environments where untrusted authenticated users exist. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An authenticated database user - such as an application account, analyst, or compromised credential - submits a Cypher query containing range(0, 2147483647) or similarly large bounds to the ArcadeDB Cypher endpoint. The server attempts to materialize the full sequence in heap memory, rapidly exhausting available JVM heap and throwing an OutOfMemoryError, rendering the database temporarily unresponsive to all other users. No public POC was identified at time of analysis, but the technique is straightforward to derive from the description. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 18, 2026
Heap memory exhaustion in ArcadeDB's Cypher query engine allows authenticated users to trigger OutOfMemoryError and cause temporary service unavailability. Attackers with valid database credentials can submit crafted Cypher range() expressions with abnormally large bounds, consuming server heap until the JVM is starved of resources. No public exploit code or active exploitation (CISA KEV) has been identified at time of analysis; the authenticated prerequisite meaningfully limits attacker pool.
RemediationAI
Upgrade ArcadeDB to version 26.8.1 or later, as confirmed by the vendor advisory at https://github.com/ArcadeData/arcadedb/security/advisories/GHSA-xmjm-8q85-g778. If an immediate upgrade is not feasible, restrict Cypher query access to only fully trusted, internal users by tightening ArcadeDB authentication and role-based access controls - this reduces the attacker pool to those with explicit database credentials. Additionally, consider enforcing JVM heap limits and configuring JVM restart-on-OOM policies (e.g., -XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError with a process supervisor) to ensure the service recovers automatically after an attempted exploitation, trading brief downtime for automatic recovery. Note that JVM-level mitigations address impact, not the root cause, and should be treated as a temporary measure only.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
ArcadeDB is a multi-model database engine (graph, document, key-value, time-series) that exposes a Cypher query interface compatible with the openCypher specification. The Cypher range() function generates a sequence of integers between two bounds; without an upper ceiling on the requested allocation, large bounds cause the Java runtime to attempt allocating the full sequence in heap memory. CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling) describes precisely this root cause - the absence of a guard checking whether the requested range size exceeds a safe threshold before allocating. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:arcadedata:arcadedb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* covering all versions before 26.8.1.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Network-reachable Cypher endpoint, authenticated access required (PR:L), temporary availability degradation only, no confidentiality or integrity impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (VulnCheck).
CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
ArcadeDB before 26.8.1 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the Cypher range() function that allows authenticated users to exhaust server heap memory. Attackers can submit oversized range() expressions with large bounds to trigger OutOfMemoryError and cause temporary service degradation or unavailability.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Unauthenticated data access and manipulation in ArcadeDB before 26.8.1 arises because the Redis wire-protocol plugin exp
Privilege escalation in ArcadeDB server (versions 26.7.3 and earlier) allows a low-privileged authenticated user with re
Privilege escalation in ArcadeDB before 26.8.1 lets a low-privileged authenticated reader escalate to full server admini
Authentication bypass in ArcadeDB before 26.8.1 lets unauthenticated attackers run full CRUD operations against any data
Scripting authorization bypass in ArcadeDB before 26.7.2 lets any authenticated database user - including read-only role
Cross-database authorization bypass (IDOR) in ArcadeDB before 26.7.2 lets attackers read and write any database on the s
Remote code execution in ArcadeDB's Gremlin query engine exposes any deployment running arcadedb-gremlin through version
Cross-database authorization bypass in ArcadeDB's Gremlin wire-protocol plugin allows any authenticated server user to f
Arbitrary file read in ArcadeDB before version 26.8.1 allows authenticated users holding trigger creation privileges to
Cluster token exposure in ArcadeDB before 26.7.2 enables any authenticated user to escalate privileges to root-level adm
Privilege escalation in ArcadeDB before 26.7.3 allows any user holding UPDATE_SCHEMA permission to create server-wide ad
Remote OS command execution in ArcadeDB before 26.7.2 is reachable by authenticated schema administrators through JavaSc
EUVD-2026-60605
GHSA-5p5p-rm2x-6rvc
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