CVE-2024-48909 SpiceDB calls to LookupResources using LookupResources2 with caveats may return context is missing when it is not
SpiceDB may incorrectly report missing context for conditional permissions, potentially leading to incorrect authorization decisions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-48909?
CVE-2024-48909 is a low-severity vulnerability in authzed spicedb, published on 14 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
SpiceDB is an open source database for scalably storing and querying fine-grained authorization data. Starting in version 1.35.0 and prior to version 1.37.1, clients that have enabled `LookupResources2` and have caveats in the evaluation path for their requests can return a permissionship of `CONDITIONAL` with context marked as missing, even then the context was supplied. LookupResources2 is the new default in SpiceDB 1.37.0 and has been opt-in since SpiceDB 1.35.0. The bug is patched as part of SpiceDB 1.37.1. As a workaround, disable LookupResources2 via the `--enable-experimental-lookup-resources` flag by setting it to `false`.
Weakness: CWE-172
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-48909?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/authzed/spicedb. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
github.com/authzed/spicedb Go | From 1.35.0 | 1.37.1 |
github.com/authzed/spicedb Go | From 1.35.0 | 1.37.1 |
github.com/authzed/spicedb Go | From 1.35.0 | 1.37.1 |
Products include Authzed Spicedb.
How do I fix CVE-2024-48909?
Upgrade github.com/authzed/spicedb to 1.37.1 or later.
Is CVE-2024-48909 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-48909 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in authzed spicedb
- CVE-2023-29193 SpiceDB binding metrics port to untrusted networks and can leak command-line flags
- CVE-2022-21646 Lookup operations do not take into account wildcards in SpiceDB
- CVE-2024-27101 Integer overflow in chunking helper causes dispatching to miss elements or panic
- CVE-2026-40091 SpiceDB: SPICEDB_DATASTORE_CONN_URI is leaked on startup logs
- CVE-2023-46255 `SPICEDB_DATASTORE_CONN_URI` is leaked when URI cannot be parsed
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3c32-4hq9-6wgj, GO-2024-3200.