{"id":"CVE-2023-29194","aliases":["AZL-26295","EUVD-2023-1221","GHSA-735r-hv67-g38f","GO-2023-1717"],"status":"published","title":"vitess allows users to create keyspaces that can deny access to already existing keyspaces","description":"Vitess is a database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL. Users can either intentionally or inadvertently create a keyspace containing `/` characters such that from that point on, anyone who tries to view keyspaces from VTAdmin will receive an error. Trying to list all the keyspaces using `vtctldclient GetKeyspaces` will also return an error. Note that all other keyspaces can still be administered using the CLI (vtctldclient). This issue is fixed in version 16.0.1. As a workaround, delete the offending keyspace using a CLI client (vtctldclient).","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":4.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00782,"percentile":0.56426,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-20","CWE-703"],"published":"2023-04-11T21:12:42Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:02Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Go","package":"vitess.io/vitess","fixed_in":["0.16.1"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Azure Linux:2","package":"vitess","fixed_in":["16.0.2-1"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Go","package":"vitess.io/vitess","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.16.1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:2","package":"vitess","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"16.0.2-1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"vitess.io/vitess","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.16.1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"vitess.io/vitess","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.16.1"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"linuxfoundation","product":"vitess"},{"vendor":"vitessio","product":"vitess"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/security/advisories/GHSA-735r-hv67-g38f","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/commit/adf10196760ad0b3991a7aa7a8580a544e6ddf88","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/commits/v0.16.1/","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Release Notes","web","fix"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29194","tags":["web","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/commits/v0.16.1","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-735r-hv67-g38f"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/29xxx/CVE-2023-29194.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-29194","title":"vitess allows users to create keyspaces that can deny access to already existing keyspaces","description":"Vitess is a database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL. Users can either intentionally or inadvertently create a keyspace containing `/` characters such that from that point on, anyone who tries to view keyspaces from VTAdmin will receive an error. Trying to list all the keyspaces using `vtctldclient GetKeyspaces` will also return an error. Note that all other keyspaces can still be administered using the CLI (vtctldclient). This issue is fixed in version 16.0.1. As a workaround, delete the offending keyspace using a CLI client (vtctldclient).","status":"published","published":"2023-04-14T18:42:54.461Z","modified":"2025-02-06T18:43:49.034Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-20","CWE-703"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:28.643185Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-1221","description":"Vitess is a database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL. Users can either intentionally or inadvertently create a keyspace containing `/` characters such that from that point on, anyone who tries to view keyspaces from VTAdmin will receive an error. Trying to list all the keyspaces using `vtctldclient GetKeyspaces` will also return an error. Note that all other keyspaces can still be administered using the CLI (vtctldclient). This issue is fixed in version 16.0.1. As a workaround, delete the offending keyspace using a CLI client (vtctldclient).","status":"published","published":"2023-04-14T18:42:54Z","modified":"2025-02-06T18:43:49Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:04:02.906364Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-735r-hv67-g38f","title":"vitess allows users to create keyspaces that can deny access to already existing keyspaces","description":"### Impact\nUsers can either intentionally or inadvertently create a keyspace containing `/` characters such that from that point on, anyone who tries to view keyspaces from VTAdmin will receive an error. Trying to list all the keyspaces using `vtctldclient GetKeyspaces` will also return an error.\nNote that all other keyspaces can still be administered using the CLI (vtctldclient).\n\n### Patches\nv16.0.1 (corresponding to 0.16.1 on pkg.go.dev)\n\n### Workarounds\nDelete the offending keyspace using a CLI client (vtctldclient) \n```\nvtctldclient --server ... DeleteKeyspace a/b\n```\n\nFound during a security audit sponsored by the [CNCF](https://cncf.io) and facilitated by [OSTIF](https://ostif.org).","status":"published","published":"2023-04-11T21:12:42Z","modified":"2024-05-20T21:51:31Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-20","CWE-703"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:37:50.750599Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-29194","description":"Vitess is a database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL. Users can either intentionally or inadvertently create a keyspace containing `/` characters such that from that point on, anyone who tries to view keyspaces from VTAdmin will receive an error. Trying to list all the keyspaces using `vtctldclient GetKeyspaces` will also return an error. Note that all other keyspaces can still be administered using the CLI (vtctldclient). This issue is fixed in version 16.0.1. As a workaround, delete the offending keyspace using a CLI client (vtctldclient).","status":"published","published":"2023-04-14T19:15:09.273Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:49:34.917Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":2.7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"low","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-20","CWE-703"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:55.652109Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"AZL-26295","title":"CVE-2023-29194 affecting package vitess for versions less than 16.0.2-1","description":"Vitess is a database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL. Users can either intentionally or inadvertently create a keyspace containing `/` characters such that from that point on, anyone who tries to view keyspaces from VTAdmin will receive an error. Trying to list all the keyspaces using `vtctldclient GetKeyspaces` will also return an error. Note that all other keyspaces can still be administered using the CLI (vtctldclient). This issue is fixed in version 16.0.1. As a workaround, delete the offending keyspace using a CLI client (vtctldclient).","status":"published","published":"2023-04-14T19:15:09Z","modified":"2026-04-21T04:23:35.932261Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":2.7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"low"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:28:03.093433Z"},{"id":"CVE-2023-29194","title":"vitess allows users to create keyspaces that can deny access to already existing keyspaces","description":"Vitess is a database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL. Users can either intentionally or inadvertently create a keyspace containing `/` characters such that from that point on, anyone who tries to view keyspaces from VTAdmin will receive an error. Trying to list all the keyspaces using `vtctldclient GetKeyspaces` will also return an error. Note that all other keyspaces can still be administered using the CLI (vtctldclient). This issue is fixed in version 16.0.1. As a workaround, delete the offending keyspace using a CLI client (vtctldclient).","status":"published","published":"2023-04-14T18:42:54.461Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:02.359563999Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-20","CWE-703"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:31.468318Z"},{"id":"GHSA-735r-hv67-g38f","title":"vitess allows users to create keyspaces that can deny access to already existing keyspaces","description":"### Impact\nUsers can either intentionally or inadvertently create a keyspace containing `/` characters such that from that point on, anyone who tries to view keyspaces from VTAdmin will receive an error. Trying to list all the keyspaces using `vtctldclient GetKeyspaces` will also return an error.\nNote that all other keyspaces can still be administered using the CLI (vtctldclient).\n\n### Patches\nv16.0.1 (corresponding to 0.16.1 on pkg.go.dev)\n\n### Workarounds\nDelete the offending keyspace using a CLI client (vtctldclient) \n```\nvtctldclient --server ... DeleteKeyspace a/b\n```\n\nFound during a security audit sponsored by the [CNCF](https://cncf.io) and facilitated by [OSTIF](https://ostif.org).","status":"published","published":"2023-04-11T21:12:42Z","modified":"2026-09-10T03:49:53.523591945Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-20","CWE-703"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:40.308826Z"},{"id":"GO-2023-1717","title":"Improper handling of keyspaces in vitess.io/vitess","description":"Users can create a keyspace containing '/'. Future attempts to view keyspaces from some tools (including VTAdmin and \"vtctldclient GetKeyspaces\") receive an error.","status":"published","published":"2023-04-12T20:20:52Z","modified":"2024-05-20T16:03:47Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:47:01.185262Z"}]}}