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GHSA-C72G-53HW-82Q7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-23 18:41 – Updated: 2026-03-30 13:56

Summary

OpenFGA Authorization Bypass

Details

Overview

OpenFGA v1.8.0 to v1.8.12 ( openfga-0.2.16 <= Helm chart <= openfga-0.2.31, v1.8.0 <= docker <= v.1.8.12) are vulnerable to authorization bypass when certain Check and ListObject calls are executed.

Am I Affected?

If you are using OpenFGA v1.8.0 to v1.8.12, specifically under the following conditions, you are affected by this authorization bypass vulnerability: - Calling Check API or ListObjects with an authorization model that has a relationship directly assignable by both type bound public access and userset, and - There are check or list object queries with contextual tuples for the relationship that can be directly assignable by both type bound public access and userset, and - Those contextual tuples’s user field is an userset, and - Type bound public access tuples are not assigned to the relationship

Fix

Upgrade to v1.8.13. This upgrade is backwards compatible.

Acknowledgments

OpenFGA would like to thank @udyvish for discovering this vulnerability.

Severity

5.8 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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    "nvd_published_at": "2025-05-22T23:15:19Z",
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  },
  "details": "### Overview\nOpenFGA v1.8.0 to v1.8.12 ( openfga-0.2.16 \u003c= Helm chart \u003c= openfga-0.2.31, v1.8.0 \u003c= docker \u003c= v.1.8.12) are vulnerable to authorization bypass when certain Check and ListObject calls are executed.\n\n\n### Am I Affected?\nIf you are using OpenFGA v1.8.0 to v1.8.12, specifically under the following conditions, you are affected by this authorization bypass vulnerability:\n- Calling Check API or ListObjects with an [authorization model](https://openfga.dev/docs/concepts#what-is-an-authorization-model) that has a relationship directly assignable by both [type bound public access](https://openfga.dev/docs/concepts#what-is-type-bound-public-access) and [userset](https://openfga.dev/docs/modeling/building-blocks/usersets), and\n- There are check or list object queries with [contextual tuples](https://openfga.dev/docs/interacting/contextual-tuples) for the relationship that can be directly assignable by both [type bound public access](https://openfga.dev/docs/concepts#what-is-type-bound-public-access) and [userset](https://openfga.dev/docs/modeling/building-blocks/usersets), and\n- Those contextual tuples\u2019s user field is an userset, and\n- Type bound public access tuples are not assigned to the relationship\n\n### Fix\nUpgrade to v1.8.13. This upgrade is backwards compatible.\n\n### Acknowledgments\nOpenFGA would like to thank @udyvish for discovering this vulnerability.",
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  "modified": "2026-03-30T13:56:21Z",
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CVE-2025-48371 (GCVE-0-2025-48371)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-22 22:20 – Updated: 2025-05-23 14:14

Title

OpenFGA Authorization Bypass

Summary

OpenFGA is an authorization/permission engine. OpenFGA versions 1.8.0 through 1.8.12 (corresponding to Helm chart openfga-0.2.16 through openfga-0.2.30 and docker 1.8.0 through 1.8.12) are vulnerable to authorization bypass when certain Check and ListObject calls are executed. Users are affected under four specific conditions: First, calling Check API or ListObjects with an authorization model that has a relationship directly assignable by both type bound public access and userset; second, there are check or list object queries with contextual tuples for the relationship that can be directly assignable by both type bound public access and userset; third, those contextual tuples’s user field is an userset; and finally, type bound public access tuples are not assigned to the relationship. Users should upgrade to version 1.8.13 to receive a patch. The upgrade is backwards compatible.

Severity

5.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-05-23 14:13 UTC

CWE

CWE-285 - Improper Authorization

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/openfga/openfga/security/advis…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/openfga/openfga/commit/e5960d4…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
openfga	openfga	Affected: >= 1.8.0, < 1.8.13

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