CVE-2026-55866 json
SpiceDBChecks involving relations with caveats can result in unconditional permission when conditional permission is expected
published 4mo ago modified last mo. also EUVD-2026-77689 , GHSA-4vrg-r928-h5vv , GO-2026-5133
- cvss
- 3.7
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
SpiceDB is an open source database system for creating and managing security-critical application permissions. From 1.34.0 until 1.54.0, SpiceDB can return PERMISSIONSHIP_HAS_PERMISSION instead of PERMISSIONSHIP_CONDITIONAL_PERMISSION or PERMISSIONSHIP_NO_PERMISSION because checkRequestToKey() and checkRequestToKeyWithCanonical() in internal/dispatch/keys/computed.go omit CheckHints when constructing dispatch Check cache keys. The incorrect result requires a permission combining relations with intersection or exclusion, a subject reachable through caveated and non-caveated branches, LookupResources with a context parameter running concurrently with CheckPermission or CheckBulkPermissions for the same resource and subject, and an enabled dispatch result cache. Under these conditions, a result computed for one hint set can poison the cache entry used by a semantically different authorization check, allowing permission without satisfying the caveat. This issue is fixed in version 1.54.0.
Patch / fix
- go github.com/authzed/spicedb 1.54.0
- authzed spicedb 1.54.0
- govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1
- github.com/authzed/spicedb@44a1c9f commit
- github.com/authzed/spicedb@ccde792 commit
- github.com/authzed/spicedb#3188 pull request
- github.com/authzed/spicedb/releases/tag/v1.54.0 release
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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-55866 updated cvss 3.7
github.com/authzed/spicedb: SpiceDB: Unauthorized access due to cache poisoning in permission checks
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- last mo.
Exploit prediction
0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 3.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 3.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | github.com/authzed/spicedb | >=1.34.0, <1.54.0 |
1.54.0 |
Affected products
- authzed spicedb
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
References
- github.com /authzed/spicedb/pull/3188
- github.com /authzed/spicedb/commit/44a1c9f266bd8a884bfebfc27181210302541b9b
- github.com /authzed/spicedb/commit/ccde792fc48750740d025d4286d5c2c88614cd30
-
github.com
/authzed/spicedb/security/advisories/GHSA-4vrg-r928-h5vv
web, advisory
- github.com /authzed/spicedb/releases/tag/v1.54.0
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github.com
/authzed/spicedb
package
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-55866
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-4vrg-r928-h5vv
- NVD CVE-2026-55866
- OSV GO-2026-5133
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