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TI-2026-20050 Aliases CVE-2026-24851GHSA-jq9f-gm9w-rwm9

OpenFGA Improper Policy Enforcement

Priority LOW 26CWE-863Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-863.

Summary

OpenFGA is a high-performance and flexible authorization/permission engine built for developers and inspired by Google Zanzibar. OpenFGA v1.8.5 to v1.11.2 ( openfga-0.2.22<= Helm chart <= openfga-0.2.51, v.1.8.5 <= docker <= v.1.11.2) are vulnerable to improper policy enforcement when certain Check calls are executed. The vulnerability requires a model that has a a relation directly assignable by a type bound public access and assignable by type bound non-public access, a tuple assigned for the relation that is a type bound public access, a tuple assigned for the same object with the same relation that is not type bound public access, and a tuple assigned for a different object that has an object ID lexicographically larger with the same user and relation which is not type bound public access. This vulnerability is fixed in v1.11.3.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00342 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial openfga (openfga): 1.11.3github.com/openfga/openfga (Go): 1.11.3Red Hat: 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
openfgaopenfgabefore 1.11.31.11.3Patch availableCNA
—github.com/openfga/openfga (Go)1.8.5 to before 1.11.31.11.3Patch availableGHSA-jq9f-gm9w-rwm9
  • openfga Vendoropenfga Affected before 1.11.3 Fixed in 1.11.3 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/openfga/openfga (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.8.5 to before 1.11.3 Fixed in 1.11.3 Patch available GHSA-jq9f-gm9w-rwm9

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openfga:helm_charts:*:*:*:*:*:openfga:*:*0.2.22 to before 0.2.51Vulnerableopenfga
cpe:2.3:a:openfga:openfga:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.5 to before 1.11.3Vulnerableopenfga
  • cpe:2.3:a:openfga:helm_charts:*:*:*:*:*:openfga:*:* Versions 0.2.22 to before 0.2.51 Vulnerable ·openfga
  • cpe:2.3:a:openfga:openfga:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.5 to before 1.11.3 Vulnerable ·openfga

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA openfga (openfga) Fixed in 1.11.3
  • Fix · GHSA-jq9f-gm9w-rwm9 github.com/openfga/openfga (Go) Fixed in 1.11.3 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Ceph Storage 7AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Ceph Storage 8AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-24851
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jq9f-gm9w-rwm9

References

Advisory 2

Other 3

  • TI-2026-27194 Incorrect authorization in openfga CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2026-40204 OpenFGA: OIDC audience validation skipped when --authn-oidc-audience is unset CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2025-30697 OpenFGA Authorization Bypass CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.8
  • TI-2025-40089 OpenFGA Improper Policy Enforcement CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.8
  • TI-2025-34888 OpenFGA Authorization Bypass (Check) CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.8
  • TI-2025-29072 OpenFGA Authorization Bypass CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.8
See all 11 →

Sources

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