Resource exhaustion in Authzed Spicedb

CVE-2025-64529

SpiceDB is an open source database system for creating and managing security-critical application permissions. In versions prior to 1.45.2, users who use the exclusion operator somewhere in their authorization schema; have configured their SpiceDB server such that `--write-relationships-max-updates-per-call` is bigger than 6500; and issue calls to WriteRelationships with a large enough number of updates that cause the payload to be bigger than what their datastore allows; will receive a successful response from their `WriteRelationships` call, when in reality that call failed, and receive incorrect permission check results, if those relationships had to be read to resolve the relation involving the exclusion. Version 1.45.2 contains a patch for the issue. As a workaround, set `--write-relationships-max-updates-per-call` to `1000`.

EPSS: 0.002 (15.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-64529?
CVE-2025-64529 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Authzed Spicedb, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-11-10.
How severe is CVE-2025-64529?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.