CVE-2024-56323 OpenFGA Authorization Bypass

What is CVE-2024-56323?

CVE-2024-56323 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openfga, published on 13 Jan 2025.

Official description

OpenFGA is an authorization/permission engine. IN OpenFGA v1.3.8 to v1.8.2 (Helm chart openfga-0.1.38 to openfga-0.2.19, docker v1.3.8 to v.1.8.2) are vulnerable to authorization bypass under the following conditions: 1. calling Check API or ListObjects with a model that uses [conditions](https://openfga.dev/docs/modeling/conditions), and 2. calling Check API or ListObjects API with [contextual tuples](https://openfga.dev/docs/concepts#what-are-contextual-tuples) that include conditions and 3. OpenFGA is configured with caching enabled (`OPENFGA_CHECK_QUERY_CACHE_ENABLED`). Users are advised to upgrade to v1.8.3. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-285

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56323?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/openfga/openfga. It affects 2 products.

Products include Openfga Helm Charts, Openfga Openfga.

How do I fix CVE-2024-56323?

Upgrade github.com/openfga/openfga to 1.8.3 or later.

Is CVE-2024-56323 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56323 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in openfga

• CVE-2026-55689 OpenFGA: OIDC audience validation skipped when --authn-oidc-audience is unset Medium 6.8
• CVE-2026-24851 OpenFGA Improper Policy Enforcement Medium 5.8
• CVE-2025-64751 OpenFGA Improper Policy Enforcement Medium 5.8
• CVE-2025-55213 OpenFGA Authorization Bypass (Check) Medium 5.8
• CVE-2025-48371 OpenFGA Authorization Bypass Medium 5.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-32q6-rr98-cjqv, GO-2025-3384, MINI-3383-7m7v-64jx, MINI-34h5-mgww-gv4h.