ghsa-mgh9-4mwp-fg55
Vulnerability from github
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.
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"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Go",
"name": "github.com/openfga/openfga"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "1.9.3"
},
{
"fixed": "1.9.5"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-55213"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-863"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2025-08-18T21:00:52Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2025-08-18T20:15:29Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "### Overview\nOpenFGA v1.9.3 to v1.9.4 ( openfga-0.2.40 \u003c= Helm chart \u003c= openfga-0.2.41, v1.9.3 \u003c= docker \u003c= v.1.9.4) are vulnerable to improper policy enforcement when certain Check and ListObject calls are executed.\n\n### Am I Affected?\nYou are affected by this vulnerability if you are using OpenFGA v1.9.3 to v1.9.4, specifically under the following preconditions:\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 more than 1 [userset](https://openfga.dev/docs/modeling/building-blocks/usersets) with same [type](https://openfga.dev/docs/concepts#what-is-a-type), and\n- There are check or list object queries that rely on the above relationship, and\n- You have userset tuples that are assigned to the above relationship\n\n\n### Fix\nUpgrade to v1.9.5. This upgrade is backwards compatible.\n\n### Workaround\nDowngrade to v1.9.2 with enable-check-optimizations removed from OPENFGA_EXPERIMENTALS\n\n### Acknowledgments\nOpenFGA would like Dominic Harries and rrozza-apolitical to thank for discovering this vulnerability.",
"id": "GHSA-mgh9-4mwp-fg55",
"modified": "2025-08-18T23:27:57Z",
"published": "2025-08-18T21:00:52Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/openfga/openfga/security/advisories/GHSA-mgh9-4mwp-fg55"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55213"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/openfga/openfga/commit/1a7e0e37fc4777c824b2386cac4867a66f3480b0"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/openfga/openfga"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "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",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "OpenFGA Authorization Bypass "
}
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
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Nomenclature
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- Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.