ClickHouse's Role-based Access Control is bypassed when query caching is enabled.
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
ClickHouse is an open-source column-oriented database management system. A bug exists in the cloud ClickHouse offering prior to version 24.0.2.54535 and in github.com/clickhouse/clickhouse version 23.1. Query caching bypasses the role based access controls and the policies being enforced on roles. In affected versions, the query cache only respects separate users, however this is not documented and not expected behavior. People relying on ClickHouse roles can have their access control lists bypassed if they are using query caching. Attackers who have control of a role could guess queries and see data they shouldn't have access to. Version 24.1 of ClickHouse and version 24.0.2.54535 of ClickHouse Cloud contain a patch for this issue. Based on the documentation, role based access control should be enforced regardless if query caching is enabled or not.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ClickHouse | ClickHouse | = 23.1; before 24.0.2.54535 | 24.0.2.54535 | Patch available | CNA |
- ClickHouse VendorClickHouse Affected = 23.1; before 24.0.2.54535 Fixed in 24.0.2.54535 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:clickhouse:clickhouse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 23.3.0.0 to before 23.3.22.3; 23.8.0.0 to before 23.8.12.13; 23.12.0.0 to before 23.12.6.19; 24.0.0.0 to before 24.1.1.2048 | Vulnerable | ClickHouse |
| cpe:2.3:a:clickhouse:clickhouse_cloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 24.0.2.54535 | Vulnerable | ClickHouse |
- cpe:2.3:a:clickhouse:clickhouse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 23.3.0.0 to before 23.3.22.3; 23.8.0.0 to before 23.8.12.13; 23.12.0.0 to before 23.12.6.19; 24.0.0.0 to before 24.1.1.2048 Vulnerable ·ClickHouse
- cpe:2.3:a:clickhouse:clickhouse_cloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 24.0.2.54535 Vulnerable ·ClickHouse
Remediation
- Fix · CNA ClickHouse (ClickHouse) Fixed in 24.0.2.54535
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-22412
References
More Clickhouse vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-79288 Out-of-bounds write in Google Brotli decoder KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
- TI-2024-27624 ClickHouse v24.3.3.102 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow via the component DB::evaluateConstantExpressionImpl. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2018-10534 Improper input validation in ClickHouse CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-10533 Incorrect configuration in deb package in ClickHouse before 1.1.54131 could lead to unauthorized use of the database. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-12398 Out-of-bounds read in ClickHouse CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-12399 Buffer overflow in ClickHouse DB CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
Sources
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