{"cve":{"cve_id":"CVE-2023-29193","is_kev":false,"kev_date_added":null,"kev_vendor_project":null,"kev_product":null,"kev_vulnerability_name":null,"kev_short_description":null,"kev_required_action":null,"kev_due_date":null,"kev_known_ransomware":null,"kev_notes":null,"kev_cwes":null,"epss_score":0.00762,"epss_percentile":0.50564,"epss_as_of":"2026-06-23","description":"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.\n\n### Impact\n\nAll deployments abiding by the recommended best practices for production usage are **NOT affected**:\n- Authzed's SpiceDB Serverless\n- Authzed's SpiceDB Dedicated\n- SpiceDB Operator\n\nUsers configuring SpiceDB via environment variables are **NOT affected**.\n\nUsers **MAY be affected** if they expose their metrics port to an untrusted network and are configuring `--grpc-preshared-key` via command-line flag.\n\n### Patches\n\nTODO\n\n### Workarounds\n\nTo workaround this issue you can do one of the following:\n\n- Configure the preshared key via an environment variable (e.g. `SPICEDB_GRPC_PRESHARED_KEY=yoursecret spicedb serve`)\n- Reconfigure the `--metrics-addr` flag to bind to a trusted network (e.g. `--metrics-addr=localhost:9090`)\n- Disable the metrics service via the flag (e.g. `--metrics-enabled=false`)\n- 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)\n\n### References\n\n- [GitHub Security Advisory issued for SpiceDB](https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/security/advisories/GHSA-cjr9-mr35-7xh6)\n- [Go issue #22085](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/22085) for documenting the risks of exposing pprof to the internet\n- [Go issue #42834](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/42834) discusses preventing pprof registration to the default serve mux\n- [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\n\n### Credit\n\nWe'd like to thank Amit Laish, a security researcher at GE Vernova for responsibly disclosing this vulnerability.\n","published_at":"2023-04-14T19:01:01.317000Z","last_modified_at":null,"cvss_v3_score":8.7,"cvss_v3_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N","cvss_v3_severity":"HIGH","cvss_v4_score":null,"cvss_v4_vector":null,"cvss_v4_severity":null,"ssvc_decision":null,"ssvc_exploitation":"none","ssvc_automatable":false,"ssvc_technical_impact":"total","cwes":["CWE-209"],"nvd_references":["https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/security/advisories/GHSA-cjr9-mr35-7xh6","https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/commit/9bbd7d76b6eaba33fe0236014f9b175d21232999","https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/releases/tag/v1.19.1"],"vuln_status":null,"trending_score":null,"is_trending":false,"has_trended":false,"trended_number_one":false,"trending_peak_score":null,"trending_peak_rank":null,"started_trending_at":null,"trended_number_one_at":null,"summary_generated":null,"summary_generated_at":null,"summary_model":null,"created_at":"2026-06-24T00:09:39.878444Z","updated_at":"2026-06-29T01:29:15.447901Z"},"effective_severity":"HIGH","badges":[],"impact_analysis":[],"cvss_v3_decoded":{"version":"3.1","metrics":[{"metric":"AV","name":"Attack Vector","value":"A","value_label":"Adjacent"},{"metric":"AC","name":"Attack Complexity","value":"L","value_label":"Low"},{"metric":"PR","name":"Privileges Required","value":"L","value_label":"Low"},{"metric":"UI","name":"User Interaction","value":"N","value_label":"None"},{"metric":"S","name":"Scope","value":"C","value_label":"Changed"},{"metric":"C","name":"Confidentiality","value":"H","value_label":"High"},{"metric":"I","name":"Integrity","value":"H","value_label":"High"},{"metric":"A","name":"Availability","value":"N","value_label":"None"}]},"cvss_v4_decoded":{"version":null,"metrics":[]},"affected":[{"vendor_slug":"authzed","vendor_name":"authzed","product_slug":"spicedb","product_name":"spicedb","version_start":"< 1.19.1","version_start_inclusive":true,"version_end":"< 1.19.1","version_end_inclusive":true,"cpe23_uri":"cve5:authzed:spicedb:< 1.19.1:< 1.19.1"}],"exploit_refs":[],"news":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/security/advisories/GHSA-cjr9-mr35-7xh6","source_type":"VENDOR_ADVISORY","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/commit/9bbd7d76b6eaba33fe0236014f9b175d21232999","source_type":"PATCH","tags":["patch"]},{"url":"https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/releases/tag/v1.19.1","source_type":"PATCH","tags":["patch"]}],"timeline":[{"type":"published","at":"2023-04-14T19:01:01.317000Z","label":"CVE published","source":null},{"type":"cvss_changed","at":"2026-06-28T17:27:51.475370Z","label":"CVSS score revised","source":"cvelistv5"},{"type":"cvss_changed","at":"2026-06-28T17:27:51.475370Z","label":"CVSS score revised","source":"cvelistv5"},{"type":"cvss_changed","at":"2026-06-28T17:27:51.475370Z","label":"CVSS score revised","source":"cvelistv5"},{"type":"ssvc_changed","at":"2026-06-29T01:29:15.447901Z","label":"SSVC decision revised","source":"vulnrichment"},{"type":"ssvc_changed","at":"2026-06-29T01:29:15.447901Z","label":"SSVC decision revised","source":"vulnrichment"},{"type":"ssvc_changed","at":"2026-06-29T01:29:15.447901Z","label":"SSVC decision revised","source":"vulnrichment"}]}