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OpenFGA Authorization Bypass

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 25, 2023 in openfga/openfga • Updated May 10, 2024

Package

gomod github.com/openfga/openfga (Go)

Affected versions

< 1.3.1

Patched versions

1.3.1

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.

References

@miparnisari miparnisari published to openfga/openfga Aug 25, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 25, 2023
Reviewed Aug 25, 2023
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 25, 2023
Last updated May 10, 2024

Severity

Moderate
6.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-40579

GHSA ID

GHSA-jcf2-mxr2-gmqp

Source code

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