CVE-2026-73499 (GCVE-0-2026-73499)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-12 21:20
Modified
2026-08-14 22:19
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Summary
etcd is a distributed key-value store for the data of a distributed system. Prior to versions 3.5.33, 3.6.14, and 3.7.1, a user granted READ permission on a single exact key can use the Watch gRPC API with clientv3.WithFromKey() to receive watch events for every key lexicographically greater than or equal to the permitted key. In server/etcdserver/api/v3rpc/watch.go, the open-ended RangeEnd sentinel is rewritten before the RBAC permission check in server/auth/range_perm_cache.go function isRangeOpPermitted, causing the request to be treated as an exact-key watch. Range/Get and DeleteRange requests are not affected, and the issue affects only clusters with authentication enabled. This issue is fixed in versions 3.5.33, 3.6.14, and 3.7.1.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
etcd-io etcd Version: < 3.5.33
Version: >= 3.6.0, < 3.6.14
Version: >= 3.7.0-alpha.0, < 3.7.1
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