CVE-2025-64529
SpiceDB's WriteRelationships fails silently if payload is too big
Record summary
CVE-2025-64529 has a selected CVSS score of 2.7 (low).
Description
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`.
Exploitation context
CISA SSVC decision
CISA Coordinator · SSVC 2.0.3 · Evaluated Nov 12, 2025 · Source: CVE List
Affected products and versions
2| Product | Source | Version range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
spicedbBrowse authzed / spicedb | CVE List | < 1.45.2 | affected |
github.com/authzed/spicedbBrowse Go / github.com/authzed/spicedb | GitHub Advisory | Before 1.45.2 · Fixed in 1.45.2 | affected |