CVE-2022-39352
OpenFGA Authorization Bypass
OpenFGA is a high-performance authorization/permission engine inspired by Google Zanzibar. Versions prior to 0.2.5 are vulnerable to authorization bypass under certain conditions. You are affected by this vulnerability if you added a tuple with a wildcard (*) assigned to a tupleset relation (the right hand side of a ‘from’ statement). This issue has been patched in version v0.2.5. This update is not backward compatible with any authorization model that uses wildcard on a tupleset relation.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
OpenFGA Authorization Bypass
OpenFGA is a high-performance authorization/permission engine inspired by Google Zanzibar. Versions prior to 0.2.5 are vulnerable to authorization bypass under certain conditions. You are affected by this vulnerability if you added a tuple with a wildcard (*) assigned to a tupleset relation (the right hand side of a ‘from’ statement). This issue has been patched in version v0.2.5. This update is not backward compatible with any authorization model that uses wildcard on a tupleset relation.
- Record
CVE-2022-39352- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-7210
OpenFGA is a high-performance authorization/permission engine inspired by Google Zanzibar. Versions prior to 0.2.5 are vulnerable to authorization bypass under certain conditions. You are affected by this vulnerability if you added a tuple with a wildcard (*) assigned to a tupleset relation (the right hand side of a ‘from’ statement). This issue has been patched in version v0.2.5. This update is not backward compatible with any authorization model that uses wildcard on a tupleset relation.
- Record
EUVD-2022-7210- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3gfj-fxx4-f22w
OpenFGA Authorization Bypass
Overview
During our internal security assessment, it was discovered that OpenFGA versions v0.2.4 and prior are vulnerable to authorization bypass under certain conditions.
Am I Affected?
You are affected by this vulnerability if you are using openfga/openfga version v0.2.4 or prior, and have tuples where the user field is set to a userset e.g. folder:test#owner, and the tuple's relation is used on the right-hand side of a from statement.
How to fix that?
Upgrade to version 0.2.5.
Backward Compatibility
This update is not backward compatible.
Any tuples where the user field is set to a userset, and the tuple's relation is used on the right-hand side of a from statement have to be rewritten.
- Record
GHSA-3gfj-fxx4-f22w- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
OpenFGA is a high-performance authorization/permission engine inspired by Google Zanzibar. Versions prior to 0.2.5 are vulnerable to authorization bypass under certain conditions. You are affected by this vulnerability if you added a tuple with a wildcard (*) assigned to a tupleset relation (the right hand side of a ‘from’ statement). This issue has been patched in version v0.2.5. This update is not backward compatible with any authorization model that uses wildcard on a tupleset relation.
- Record
CVE-2022-39352- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
OpenFGA Authorization Bypass
OpenFGA is a high-performance authorization/permission engine inspired by Google Zanzibar. Versions prior to 0.2.5 are vulnerable to authorization bypass under certain conditions. You are affected by this vulnerability if you added a tuple with a wildcard (*) assigned to a tupleset relation (the right hand side of a ‘from’ statement). This issue has been patched in version v0.2.5. This update is not backward compatible with any authorization model that uses wildcard on a tupleset relation.
- Record
CVE-2022-39352- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-3gfj-fxx4-f22w
OpenFGA Authorization Bypass
Overview
During our internal security assessment, it was discovered that OpenFGA versions v0.2.4 and prior are vulnerable to authorization bypass under certain conditions.
Am I Affected?
You are affected by this vulnerability if you are using openfga/openfga version v0.2.4 or prior, and have tuples where the user field is set to a userset e.g. folder:test#owner, and the tuple's relation is used on the right-hand side of a from statement.
How to fix that?
Upgrade to version 0.2.5.
Backward Compatibility
This update is not backward compatible.
Any tuples where the user field is set to a userset, and the tuple's relation is used on the right-hand side of a from statement have to be rewritten.
- Record
GHSA-3gfj-fxx4-f22w- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGO-2022-1099 No score
OpenFGA Authorization Bypass in github.com/openfga/openfga
OpenFGA Authorization Bypass in github.com/openfga/openfga
- Record
GO-2022-1099- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
github.com/openfga/openfgaGo |
through 0.2.4 | 0.2.5 |
github.com/openfga/openfgaGo |
before 0.2.5 | 0.2.5 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-39352 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Openfga, published November 8, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.51%, the 43rd percentile. Fixed in github.com/openfga/openfga 0.2.5.
References
github.com/openfga/openfga/security/advisories/GHSA-3gfj-fxx4-f22w
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39352