{"id":"CVE-2024-38361","aliases":["EUVD-2024-2059","GHSA-grjv-gjgr-66g2","GO-2024-2939"],"status":"published","title":"Permissions processing error in spacedb","description":"Spicedb is an Open Source, Google Zanzibar-inspired permissions database to enable fine-grained authorization for customer applications. Use of an exclusion under an arrow that has multiple resources may resolve to `NO_PERMISSION` when permission is expected. If the resource exists under *multiple* folders and the user has access to view more than a single folder, SpiceDB may report the user does not have access due to a failure in the exclusion dispatcher to request that *all* the folders in which the user is a member be returned. Permission is returned as `NO_PERMISSION` when `PERMISSION` is expected on the `CheckPermission` API. This issue has been addressed in version 1.33.1. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":3.7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"low","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00396,"percentile":0.34204,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-281"],"published":"2024-06-20T16:24:01Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:49Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/authzed/spicedb","fixed_in":["1.33.1"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/authzed/spicedb","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.33.1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/authzed/spicedb","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.33.1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/authzed/spicedb","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.33.1"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"authzed","product":"spicedb"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/security/advisories/GHSA-grjv-gjgr-66g2","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Exploit","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/commit/ecef31d2b266fde17eb2c3415e2ec4ceff96fbeb","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38361","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-grjv-gjgr-66g2"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/38xxx/CVE-2024-38361.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/authzed/spicedb","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-38361","title":"Permissions processing error in spacedb","description":"Spicedb is an Open Source, Google Zanzibar-inspired permissions database to enable fine-grained authorization for customer applications. Use of an exclusion under an arrow that has multiple resources may resolve to `NO_PERMISSION` when permission is expected. If the resource exists under *multiple* folders and the user has access to view more than a single folder, SpiceDB may report the user does not have access due to a failure in the exclusion dispatcher to request that *all* the folders in which the user is a member be returned. Permission is returned as `NO_PERMISSION` when `PERMISSION` is expected on the `CheckPermission` API. This issue has been addressed in version 1.33.1. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.","status":"published","published":"2024-06-20T22:18:35.552Z","modified":"2024-08-02T04:04:25.268Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":3.7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"low","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-281"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:16.367792Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2024-2059","description":"Spicedb is an Open Source, Google Zanzibar-inspired permissions database to enable fine-grained authorization for customer applications. Use of an exclusion under an arrow that has multiple resources may resolve to `NO_PERMISSION` when permission is expected. If the resource exists under *multiple* folders and the user has access to view more than a single folder, SpiceDB may report the user does not have access due to a failure in the exclusion dispatcher to request that *all* the folders in which the user is a member be returned. Permission is returned as `NO_PERMISSION` when `PERMISSION` is expected on the `CheckPermission` API. This issue has been addressed in version 1.33.1. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.","status":"published","published":"2024-06-20T22:18:35Z","modified":"2024-08-02T04:04:25Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":3.7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"low"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T03:50:18.901913Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-grjv-gjgr-66g2","title":"SpiceDB exclusions can result in no permission returned when permission expected","description":"### Background\n\nUse of an exclusion under an arrow that has multiple resources may resolve to `NO_PERMISSION` when permission is expected.\n\nFor example, given this schema:\n\n```zed\ndefinition user {}\n\ndefinition folder {\n  relation member: user\n  relation banned: user\n  permission view = member - banned\n}\n\ndefinition resource {\n  relation folder: folder\n  permission view = folder-\u003eview\n}\n```\n\nIf the resource exists under *multiple* folders and the user has access to view more than a single folder, SpiceDB may report the user does not have access due to a failure in the exclusion dispatcher to request that *all* the folders in which the user is a member be returned\n\n### Impact\n\nPermission is returned as `NO_PERMISSION` when `PERMISSION` is expected on the `CheckPermission` API.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nNone\n","status":"published","published":"2024-06-20T16:24:01Z","modified":"2024-11-18T16:26:47Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"},{"version":"3.1","score":3.7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"low"}],"cwes":["CWE-281"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:38:20.012356Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2024-38361","description":"Spicedb is an Open Source, Google Zanzibar-inspired permissions database to enable fine-grained authorization for customer applications. Use of an exclusion under an arrow that has multiple resources may resolve to `NO_PERMISSION` when permission is expected. If the resource exists under *multiple* folders and the user has access to view more than a single folder, SpiceDB may report the user does not have access due to a failure in the exclusion dispatcher to request that *all* the folders in which the user is a member be returned. Permission is returned as `NO_PERMISSION` when `PERMISSION` is expected on the `CheckPermission` API. This issue has been addressed in version 1.33.1. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.","status":"published","published":"2024-06-20T23:15:52.93Z","modified":"2026-06-17T07:39:59.65Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":3.7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"low","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-281"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:10:07.173605Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2024-38361","title":"Permissions processing error in spacedb","description":"Spicedb is an Open Source, Google Zanzibar-inspired permissions database to enable fine-grained authorization for customer applications. Use of an exclusion under an arrow that has multiple resources may resolve to `NO_PERMISSION` when permission is expected. If the resource exists under *multiple* folders and the user has access to view more than a single folder, SpiceDB may report the user does not have access due to a failure in the exclusion dispatcher to request that *all* the folders in which the user is a member be returned. Permission is returned as `NO_PERMISSION` when `PERMISSION` is expected on the `CheckPermission` API. This issue has been addressed in version 1.33.1. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.","status":"published","published":"2024-06-20T22:18:35.552Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:49.54887016Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":3.7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"low"}],"cwes":["CWE-281"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:41.133403Z"},{"id":"GHSA-grjv-gjgr-66g2","title":"SpiceDB exclusions can result in no permission returned when permission expected","description":"### Background\n\nUse of an exclusion under an arrow that has multiple resources may resolve to `NO_PERMISSION` when permission is expected.\n\nFor example, given this schema:\n\n```zed\ndefinition user {}\n\ndefinition folder {\n  relation member: user\n  relation banned: user\n  permission view = member - banned\n}\n\ndefinition resource {\n  relation folder: folder\n  permission view = folder-\u003eview\n}\n```\n\nIf the resource exists under *multiple* folders and the user has access to view more than a single folder, SpiceDB may report the user does not have access due to a failure in the exclusion dispatcher to request that *all* the folders in which the user is a member be returned\n\n### Impact\n\nPermission is returned as `NO_PERMISSION` when `PERMISSION` is expected on the `CheckPermission` API.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nNone\n","status":"published","published":"2024-06-20T16:24:01Z","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:15.428478217Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":3.7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"low"},{"version":"4.0","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-281"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:48.191583Z"},{"id":"GO-2024-2939","title":"SpiceDB exclusions can result in no permission returned when permission expected in github.com/authzed/spicedb","description":"SpiceDB exclusions can result in no permission returned when permission expected in github.com/authzed/spicedb","status":"published","published":"2024-06-28T15:28:30Z","modified":"2026-02-04T04:12:23.920738Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:47:01.453823Z"}]}}