Medium severity · published Aug 25, 2023
CVE-2023-40579
OpenFGA is an authorization/permission engine built for developers and inspired by Google Zanzibar
6.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
OpenFGA is an authorization/permission engine built for developers and inspired by Google Zanzibar. Some end users of OpenFGA v1.3.0 or earlier are vulnerable to authorization bypass when calling the ListObjects API. The vulnerability affects customers using `ListObjects` with specific models. The affected models contain expressions of type `rel1 from type1`. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Openfga · Openfga
before 1.3.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40579
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40579
Release Notes
https://github.com/openfga/openfga/releases/tag/v1.3.1
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/openfga/openfga/security/advisories/GHSA-jcf2-mxr2-gmqp
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