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TI-2022-06024 Aliases CVE-2022-21646GHSA-7p8f-8hjm-wm92

Lookup operations do not take into account wildcards in SpiceDB

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-155Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

SpiceDB is a database system for managing security-critical application permissions. Any user making use of a wildcard relationship under the right hand branch of an `exclusion` or within an `intersection` operation will see `Lookup`/`LookupResources` return a resource as "accessible" if it is *not* accessible by virtue of the inclusion of the wildcard in the intersection or the right side of the exclusion. In `v1.3.0`, the wildcard is ignored entirely in lookup's dispatch, resulting in the `banned` wildcard being ignored in the exclusion. Version 1.4.0 contains a patch for this issue. As a workaround, don't make use of wildcards on the right side of intersections or within exclusions.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0132 71st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed github.com/authzed/spicedb (Go): 1.4.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
authzedspicedb= 1.3.0—No fix listedCNA
—github.com/authzed/spicedb (Go)1.3.0 to before 1.4.01.4.0Patch availableGHSA-7p8f-8hjm-wm92
  • spicedb Vendorauthzed Affected = 1.3.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • github.com/authzed/spicedb (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.3.0 to before 1.4.0 Fixed in 1.4.0 Patch available GHSA-7p8f-8hjm-wm92

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:authzed:spicedb:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3.0Vulnerableauthzed
  • cpe:2.3:a:authzed:spicedb:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.0 Vulnerable ·authzed

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-7p8f-8hjm-wm92 github.com/authzed/spicedb (Go) Fixed in 1.4.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-21646
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7p8f-8hjm-wm92

References

Patch 1

Advisory 4

Other 1

  • TI-2025-31139 SpiceDB checks involving relations with caveats can result in no permission when permission is expected CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2023-13621 SpiceDB binding metrics port to untrusted networks and can leak command-line flags CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2024-17962 Integer overflow in chunking helper causes dispatching to miss elements or panic CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2023-24882 `SPICEDB_DATASTORE_CONN_URI` is leaked when URI cannot be parsed CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2026-28919 SpiceDB: SPICEDB_DATASTORE_CONN_URI is leaked on startup logs CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.0
  • TI-2024-31378 Multiple caveats on resources of the same type can result in no permission when permission is expected CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
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Sources

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