CVE-2022-23542: OpenFGA Authorization Bypass

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-12-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-285

Description

OpenFGA is an authorization/permission engine built for developers and inspired by Google Zanzibar. During an internal security assessment, it was discovered that OpenFGA version 0.3.0 is vulnerable to authorization bypass under certain conditions. This issue has been patched in version 0.3.1 and is backward compatible.

Affected products

openfga: before 0.3.1 — fixed in 0.3.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: openfga 0.3.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/openfga/openfga/pull/422
https://github.com/openfga/openfga/releases/tag/v0.3.1
https://github.com/openfga/openfga/security/advisories/GHSA-m3q4-7qmj-657m
https://github.com/openfga/openfga/pull/422
https://github.com/openfga/openfga/releases/tag/v0.3.1
https://github.com/openfga/openfga/security/advisories/GHSA-m3q4-7qmj-657m

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