# CVE-2026-55689: OpenFGA: OIDC audience validation skipped when --authn-oidc-audience is unset

- Also known as: GO-2026-5423, GHSA-HCXC-WF8J-23HV
- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.18.0
- Published: 2026-07-09 · Updated: 2026-07-10

## Affected

- openfga: fixed in 1.18.0
- github.com/openfga/openfga (Go): fixed in 1.18.0

## Description

OpenFGA is an authorization/permission engine built for developers. Prior to 1.18.0, OpenFGA's OIDC authenticator skipped JWT audience validation when authn.method was set to oidc, authn.oidc.issuer was configured, and authn.oidc.audience was not set, allowing a token minted for an unrelated service by the same identity provider to authenticate to OpenFGA. This issue is fixed in 1.18.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on openfga, github.com/openfga/openfga, upgrade to a fixed version (1.18.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/openfga/openfga/security/advisories/GHSA-hcxc-wf8j-23hv
- https://github.com/openfga/openfga/commit/44596773b2e62738720ef215bf7fa04352954271
- https://github.com/openfga/helm-ch
- https://github.com/openfga/helm-charts/releases/tag/openfga-0.3.9
- https://github.com/openfga/openfga/releases/tag/v1.18.0

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