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FKIE_CVE-2023-29195

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-05-11 20:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:49

Severity

4.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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.

References

URL	Tags
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/commit/9dcbd7de3180f47e94f54989fb5c66daea00c920	Patch
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/issues/12842	Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/12843	Issue Tracking, Patch
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v16.0.2	Release Notes
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/security/advisories/GHSA-pqj7-jx24-wj7w	Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.com	https://pkg.go.dev/vitess.io/vitess@v0.16.2	Product
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/commit/9dcbd7de3180f47e94f54989fb5c66daea00c920	Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/issues/12842	Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/pull/12843	Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v16.0.2	Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/security/advisories/GHSA-pqj7-jx24-wj7w	Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://pkg.go.dev/vitess.io/vitess@v0.16.2	Product

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	linuxfoundation	vitess	*

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CVE-2023-29195 (GCVE-0-2023-29195)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-05-11 19:07 – Updated: 2025-01-24 21:28

Title

Vitess VTAdmin users that can create shards can deny access to other functions

Summary

Severity

4.1 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-01-24 21:28 UTC

CWE

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
CWE-703 - Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
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

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
vitessio	vitess	Affected: < 16.0.2

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