Vulnerability · Published Feb 6, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-24851OpenFGA Improper Policy Enforcement
Medium 5.8
In plain English
A medium-severity incorrect authorization in openfga from openfga. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/openfga/openfga | 1.11.3 | GHSA-jq9f-gm9w-rwm9 |
| Go | github.com/openfga/openfga | 1.11.3 | GO-2026-4446 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
References
- https://github.com/openfga/openfga/security/advisories/GHSA-jq9f-gm9w-rwm9 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/openfga/openfga/releases/tag/v1.11.3 x_refsource_MISC