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CVE-2022-21646

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-21646 affects SpiceDB, a security-critical permissions database, where a flaw in handling wildcard relationships within "exclusion" or "intersection" operations can lead to incorrect access decisions. This vulnerability, rated 8.1 HIGH, allows an authenticated attacker to bypass intended access restrictions, resulting in unauthorized access to resources (C:H/I:H). While no active exploitation or public exploit code is reported, the issue has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of the flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:authzed:spicedb:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0128 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/authzed/spicedbFixed in: 1.4.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-7p8f-8hjm-wm92high

Lookup operations do not take into account wildcards in SpiceDB

Jan 13, 2022

References

github.com / authzed/spicedb/commit/15bba2e2d2a4bda336a37a7fe8ef8a35028cd970
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / authzed/spicedb/issues/358
Third Party Advisory
github.com / authzed/spicedb/releases/tag/v1.4.0
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com / authzed/spicedb/security/advisories/GHSA-7p8f-8hjm-wm92
Third Party Advisory