OpenFGA Authorization Bypass

Description

Overview

Some end users of OpenFGA v1.3.0 or earlier are vulnerable to authorization bypass when calling the ListObjects API. This means that the API sometimes returns more objects than it should.

Am I Affected?

The vulnerability affects customers using ListObjects with specific models. The affected models contain expressions of type rel1 from type1.

Fix

Update to v1.3.1.

Backward Compatibility

This update is backward compatible.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
medium
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Published (advisory)
2023-08-25 19:45:57 UTC
Updated
2024-05-10 14:24:59 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2023-08-25 19:45:57 UTC
NVD published
2023-08-25

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.07% 20.42%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
6.5 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-284 Improper Access Control

Credits

  • aaguiarz (finder)

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 < 1.3.1 1.3.1

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence