GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-cjr9-mr35-7xh6 SpiceDB binding metrics port to untrusted networks and can leak command-line flags
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2023-29193
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- github.com/authzed/spicedb
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-209
- Reviewed
- 2023-04-13
Affected packages
• Go github.com/authzed/spicedb: < 1.19.1 → fixed in 1.19.1
Description
Background
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.
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.
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 or the SpiceDB Operator
References
• GitHub Security Advisory issued for SpiceDB
• Go issue #22085 for documenting the risks of exposing pprof to the internet
• Go issue #42834 discusses preventing pprof registration to the default serve mux
• semgrep rule go.lang.security.audit.net.pprof.pprof-debug-exposure checks for a variation of this issue
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2023-29193 SpiceDB is an open source, Google Zanzibar-inspired, database system for creating and managing security-critical application permissions. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-209 Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information weakness
References
- https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/security/advisories/GHSA-cjr9-mr35-7xh6 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29193 advisory
- https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/commit/9bbd7d76b6eaba33fe0236014f9b175d21232999 web
- https://github.com/authzed/spicedb package
- https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/releases/tag/v1.19.1 web