GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-hcxc-wf8j-23hv OpenFGA: OIDC audience validation skipped when --authn-oidc-audience is unset
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-55689
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- github.com/openfga/openfga
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-19
Affected packages
• Go github.com/openfga/openfga: < 1.18.0 → fixed in 1.18.0
Description
Description
OpenFGA's OIDC authenticator skipped JWT audience (`aud`) validation when no audience was configured.
In deployments where one identity provider issues tokens for multiple services,
a token minted for an unrelated service could authenticate to OpenFGA.
Preconditions
This applies if the following preconditions are met:
1. You run OpenFGA with `authn.method` set to `oidc`.
2. You configured `authn.oidc.issuer` but did not set
`authn.oidc.audience` (`--authn-oidc-audience` / `OPENFGA_AUTHN_OIDC_AUDIENCE`).
Fix
Upgrade to OpenFGA 1.18.0 or greater. OpenFGA now refuses to start in `oidc`
mode unless both `authn.oidc.issuer` and `authn.oidc.audience` are set, and the
`aud` claim is always validated.
Acknowledgements
OpenFGA would like to thank https://github.com/0xVijay for the report.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-55689 OpenFGA is an authorization/permission engine built for developers. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- https://github.com/openfga/openfga/security/advisories/GHSA-hcxc-wf8j-23hv web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55689 advisory
- https://github.com/openfga/openfga/commit/44596773b2e62738720ef215bf7fa04352954271 web
- https://github.com/openfga/helm-ch web
- https://github.com/openfga/helm-charts/releases/tag/openfga-0.3.9 web
- https://github.com/openfga/openfga package
- https://github.com/openfga/openfga/releases/tag/v1.18.0 web