Medium severity · published Jan 26, 2024
CVE-2024-23820
OpenFGA, an authorization/permission engine, is vulnerable to a denial of service attack in versions prior to 1.4.3
6.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
OpenFGA, an authorization/permission engine, is vulnerable to a denial of service attack in versions prior to 1.4.3. In some scenarios that depend on the model and tuples used, a call to `ListObjects` may not release memory properly. So when a sufficiently high number of those calls are executed, the OpenFGA server can create an `out of memory` error and terminate. Version 1.4.3 contains a patch for this issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Openfga · Openfga
before 1.4.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23820
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23820
Patch
https://github.com/openfga/openfga/commit/908ac85c8b7769c8042cca31886df8db01976c39
Release Notes
https://github.com/openfga/openfga/releases/tag/v1.4.3
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openfga/openfga/security/advisories/GHSA-rxpw-85vw-fx87
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