# CVE-2023-29194: vitess allows users to create keyspaces that can deny access to already existing keyspaces

- Also known as: GHSA-735R-HV67-G38F, GO-2023-1717
- Severity: CVSS 4.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.16.1
- Published: 2023-04-14 · Updated: 2025-02-06

## Affected

- vitessio vitess: fixed in 0.16.1
- vitess.io/vitess (Go): fixed in 0.16.1

## 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).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on vitessio vitess, vitess.io/vitess, upgrade to a fixed version (0.16.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/security/advisories/GHSA-735r-hv67-g38f
- https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/commit/adf10196760ad0b3991a7aa7a8580a544e6ddf88
- https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/commits/v0.16.1/

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