Description
An improper authentication vulnerability in the is_authenticated function (src/bolt/bolt_api.c) in FalkorDB before 4.20.0 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute graph queries without credentials through the Bolt endpoint. The function decides whether a password is required by issuing an empty AUTH command to Redis and treats only a WRONGPASS error as meaning that a password is required; any other error, such as LOADING while a dataset is being loaded, MASTERDOWN during replication failover, or OOM under memory pressure, causes the client to be treated as authenticated. Only deployments that enable the Bolt endpoint (BOLT_PORT, disabled by default) are affected.
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Weaknesses
33c584b5-0579-4c06-b2a0-8d8329fcab9c
CVSS impact metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.1 · High
Information
Source identifier
33c584b5-0579-4c06-b2a0-8d8329fcab9c
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Published
2026-10-09T06:17:12.457Z
2 hours agoLast modified
2026-10-09T06:17:12.577Z
2 hours ago