GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go

GHSA-mgh9-4mwp-fg55 OpenFGA Authorization Bypass

MEDIUM Published 2025-08-18 Modified 2025-08-29 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2025-55213
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/openfga/openfga
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
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
Weaknesses
CWE-863
Reviewed
2025-08-18

Affected packages

• Go github.com/openfga/openfga: >= 1.9.3, < 1.9.5 → fixed in 1.9.5

Description

Overview OpenFGA v1.9.3 to v1.9.4 ( openfga-0.2.40 <= Helm chart <= openfga-0.2.41, v1.9.3 <= docker <= v.1.9.4) are vulnerable to improper policy enforcement when certain Check and ListObject calls are executed. Am I Affected? You are affected by this vulnerability if you are using OpenFGA v1.9.3 to v1.9.4, specifically under the following preconditions: • Calling Check API or ListObjects with an authorization model that has a relationship directly assignable by more than 1 userset with same type, and • There are check or list object queries that rely on the above relationship, and • You have userset tuples that are assigned to the above relationship Fix Upgrade to v1.9.5. This upgrade is backwards compatible. Workaround Downgrade to v1.9.2 with enable-check-optimizations removed from OPENFGA_EXPERIMENTALS Acknowledgments OpenFGA would like Dominic Harries and rrozza-apolitical to thank for discovering this vulnerability.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2025-55213 OpenFGA is a high-performance and flexible authorization/permission engine built for developers and inspired by Google Zanzibar. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness

References