High severity · published May 22, 2025
CVE-2025-48371
OpenFGA Authorization Bypass
8.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
OpenFGA is an authorization/permission engine. OpenFGA versions 1.8.0 through 1.8.12 (corresponding to Helm chart openfga-0.2.16 through openfga-0.2.30 and docker 1.8.0 through 1.8.12) are vulnerable to authorization bypass when certain Check and ListObject calls are executed. Users are affected under four specific conditions: First, calling Check API or ListObjects with an authorization model that has a relationship directly assignable by both type bound public access and userset; second, there are check or list object queries with contextual tuples for the relationship that can be directly assignable by both type bound public access and userset; third, those contextual tuples’s user field is an userset; and finally, type bound public access tuples are not assigned to the relationship. Users should upgrade to version 1.8.13 to receive a patch. The upgrade is backwards compatible.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 43% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
openfga · openfga
>= 1.8.0, < 1.8.13 · source: vendor, NVD
HC
Helm Charts · Openfga
0.2.16 before 0.2.32 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48371
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48371
Patch
https://github.com/openfga/openfga/commit/e5960d4eba92b723de8ff3a5346a07f50c1379ca
Patch
https://github.com/openfga/openfga/security/advisories/GHSA-c72g-53hw-82q7
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