# CVE-2024-48909: SpiceDB calls to LookupResources using LookupResources2 with caveats may return context is missing when it is not

- Also known as: GHSA-3C32-4HQ9-6WGJ, GO-2024-3200
- Severity: CVSS 2.0 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.37.1
- Published: 2024-10-14 · Updated: 2024-10-15

## Affected

- authzed spicedb: from 1.35.0, fixed in 1.37.1
- github.com/authzed/spicedb (Go): from 1.35.0, fixed in 1.37.1

## Description

SpiceDB is an open source database for scalably storing and querying fine-grained authorization data. Starting in version 1.35.0 and prior to version 1.37.1, clients that have enabled `LookupResources2` and have caveats in the evaluation path for their requests can return a permissionship of `CONDITIONAL` with context marked as missing, even then the context was supplied. LookupResources2 is the new default in SpiceDB 1.37.0 and has been opt-in since SpiceDB 1.35.0. The bug is patched as part of SpiceDB 1.37.1. As a workaround, disable LookupResources2 via the `--enable-experimental-lookup-resources` flag by setting it to `false`.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on authzed spicedb, github.com/authzed/spicedb, upgrade to a fixed version (1.37.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/security/advisories/GHSA-3c32-4hq9-6wgj
- https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/commit/2f3cf77a7fcfcb478ef5a480a245842c96ac8853

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