CVE-2023-29195 (GCVE-0-2023-29195)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-05-11 19:07 – Updated: 2025-01-24 21:28
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Vitess VTAdmin users that can create shards can deny access to other functions
Summary
Vitess is a database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL through generalized sharding. Prior to version 16.0.2, users can either intentionally or inadvertently create a shard containing `/` characters from VTAdmin such that from that point on, anyone who tries to create a new shard from VTAdmin will receive an error. Attempting to view the keyspace(s) will also no longer work. Creating a shard using `vtctldclient` does not have the same problem because the CLI validates the input correctly. Version 16.0.2, corresponding to version 0.16.2 of the `go` module, contains a patch for this issue. Some workarounds are available. Always use `vtctldclient` to create shards, instead of using VTAdmin; disable creating shards from VTAdmin using RBAC; and/or delete the topology record for the offending shard using the client for your topology server.
Severity
4.1 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-24 21:28 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
6 references
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|---|---|
| https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/security/advis… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/issues/12842 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/12843 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/commit/9dcbd7d… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v16.0.2 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://pkg.go.dev/vitess.io/vitess@v0.16.2 | x_refsource_MISC |
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"url": "https://pkg.go.dev/vitess.io/vitess@v0.16.2"
}
],
"source": {
"advisory": "GHSA-pqj7-jx24-wj7w",
"discovery": "UNKNOWN"
},
"title": "Vitess VTAdmin users that can create shards can deny access to other functions"
}
},
"cveMetadata": {
"assignerOrgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa",
"assignerShortName": "GitHub_M",
"cveId": "CVE-2023-29195",
"datePublished": "2023-05-11T19:07:39.530Z",
"dateReserved": "2023-04-03T13:37:18.453Z",
"dateUpdated": "2025-01-24T21:28:41.799Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
"dataVersion": "5.1"
}
}
}
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vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
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