OpenFGA Improper Policy Enforcement

Description

Overview

OpenFGA v1.4.0 to v1.11.0 (openfga-0.1.34 <= Helm chart <= openfga-0.2.48, v.1.4.0 <= docker <= v.1.11.0) 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 meet the following preconditions:
- You are using OpenFGA v1.4.0 to v1.11.0
- The model has a a relation directly assignable by a type bound pubic access with condition
- The same relation is not assignable by a type bound public access without condition
- You have a type assigned for the same relation that is a type bound public access without condition

Fix

Upgrade to v1.11.1. This upgrade is backwards compatible.

Workaround

None

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
medium
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Published (advisory)
2025-11-20 22:48:55 UTC
Updated
2025-11-27 08:34:57 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2025-11-20 22:48:55 UTC
NVD published
2025-11-21 02:15:43 UTC

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.06% 18.41%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
5.8 4.0
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 Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and stable.
Attack requirements (AT:P)
Additional preconditions must be present for exploitation.
Privileges required (PR:L)
Low privileges are required.
User interaction (UI:N)
No user interaction is required.
Vulnerable system confidentiality impact (VC:N)
No confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system integrity impact (VI:N)
No integrity impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system availability impact (VA:N)
No availability impact on the vulnerable system.
Subsequent system confidentiality impact (SC:H)
High confidentiality impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system integrity impact (SI:H)
High integrity impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system availability impact (SA:H)
High availability impact on subsequent systems.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-285 Improper Authorization

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
go github.com/openfga/openfga >= 1.4.0, < 1.11.1 1.11.1

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence