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CVE-2025-46331: OpenFGA Authorization Bypass

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-04-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

OpenFGA is a high-performance and flexible authorization/permission engine built for developers and inspired by Google Zanzibar. OpenFGA v1.8.10 to v1.3.6 (Helm chart <= openfga-0.2.28, docker <= v.1.8.10) are vulnerable to authorization bypass when certain Check and ListObject calls are executed. This issue has been patched in version 1.8.11.

Affected products

• openfga Helm Charts: from 0.1.36 before 0.2.29 — fixed in 0.2.29
• openfga: from 1.3.6 before 1.8.11 — fixed in 1.8.11

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: openfga Helm Charts 0.2.29; openfga 1.8.11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/openfga/openfga/commit/244302e7a8b979d66cc1874a3899cdff7d47862f
• https://github.com/openfga/openfga/security/advisories/GHSA-w222-m46c-mgh6

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