CVE-2026-73499

NameCVE-2026-73499
Descriptionetcd 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
etcd (PTS)bullseye3.3.25+dfsg-6vulnerable
bookworm3.4.23-4vulnerable
trixie3.5.16-4vulnerable
forky, sid3.5.30-2vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
etcdsource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/security/advisories/GHSA-xg4h-6gfc-h4m8
Fixed by: https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/commit/e863b001bbf3367003a543aa3099db9892134cd7 (v3.5.33)

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