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FKIE_CVE-2023-29193

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-04-14 20:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:49

Severity

8.7 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

SpiceDB is an open source, Google Zanzibar-inspired, database system for creating and managing security-critical application permissions. The `spicedb serve` command contains a flag named `--grpc-preshared-key` which is used to protect the gRPC API from being accessed by unauthorized requests. The values of this flag are to be considered sensitive, secret data. The `/debug/pprof/cmdline` endpoint served by the metrics service (defaulting running on port `9090`) reveals the command-line flags provided for debugging purposes. If a password is set via the `--grpc-preshared-key` then the key is revealed by this endpoint along with any other flags provided to the SpiceDB binary. This issue has been fixed in version 1.19.1. ### Impact All deployments abiding by the recommended best practices for production usage are **NOT affected**: - Authzed's SpiceDB Serverless - Authzed's SpiceDB Dedicated - SpiceDB Operator Users configuring SpiceDB via environment variables are **NOT affected**. Users **MAY be affected** if they expose their metrics port to an untrusted network and are configuring `--grpc-preshared-key` via command-line flag. ### Patches TODO ### Workarounds To workaround this issue you can do one of the following: - Configure the preshared key via an environment variable (e.g. `SPICEDB_GRPC_PRESHARED_KEY=yoursecret spicedb serve`) - Reconfigure the `--metrics-addr` flag to bind to a trusted network (e.g. `--metrics-addr=localhost:9090`) - Disable the metrics service via the flag (e.g. `--metrics-enabled=false`) - Adopt one of the recommended deployment models: [Authzed's managed services](https://authzed.com/pricing) or the [SpiceDB Operator](https://github.com/authzed/spicedb-operator) ### References - [GitHub Security Advisory issued for SpiceDB](https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/security/advisories/GHSA-cjr9-mr35-7xh6) - [Go issue #22085](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/22085) for documenting the risks of exposing pprof to the internet - [Go issue #42834](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/42834) discusses preventing pprof registration to the default serve mux - [semgrep rule go.lang.security.audit.net.pprof.pprof-debug-exposure](https://semgrep.dev/r?q=go.lang.security.audit.net.pprof) checks for a variation of this issue ### Credit We'd like to thank Amit Laish, a security researcher at GE Vernova for responsibly disclosing this vulnerability.

References

URL	Tags
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/commit/9bbd7d76b6eaba33fe0236014f9b175d21232999	Patch
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/releases/tag/v1.19.1	Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/security/advisories/GHSA-cjr9-mr35-7xh6	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/commit/9bbd7d76b6eaba33fe0236014f9b175d21232999	Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/releases/tag/v1.19.1	Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/security/advisories/GHSA-cjr9-mr35-7xh6	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	authzed	spicedb	*

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CVE-2023-29193 (GCVE-0-2023-29193)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-14 19:01 – Updated: 2025-02-06 18:42

Title

SpiceDB binding metrics port to untrusted networks and can leak command-line flags

Summary

Severity

8.7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-02-06 18:42 UTC

CWE

CWE-209 - Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/security/advis…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/commit/9bbd7d7…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/releases/tag/v1.19.1	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
authzed	spicedb	Affected: < 1.19.1

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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