CVE-2023-35933
MEDIUMOpenFGA < 1.1.1 - Denial of Service via Circular Relationship Definitions
Title source: llmDescription
OPenFGA is an open source authorization/permission engine built for developers. OpenFGA versions v1.1.0 and prior are vulnerable to a DoS attack when Check and ListObjects calls are executed against authorization models that contain circular relationship definitions. Users are affected by this vulnerability if they are using OpenFGA v1.1.0 or earlier, and if you are executing `Check` or `ListObjects` calls against a vulnerable authorization model. Users are advised to upgrade to version 1.1.1. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. Users that do not have circular relationships in their models are not affected.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/openfga/openfga/security/advisories/GHSA-hr9r-8phq-5x8j
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/openfga/openfga/commit/087ce392595f3c319ab3028b5089118ea4063452
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://openfga.dev/api/service#/Relationship%20Queries/Check
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://openfga.dev/api/service#/Relationship%20Queries/ListObjects
Scores
CVSS v3
5.9
EPSS
0.0092
EPSS Percentile
55.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-835
Status
published
Products (2)
openfga/openfga
< 1.1.1
openfga/openfga
0 - 1.1.1Go
Published
Jun 26, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026