CVE-2026-34972 json
OpenFGA's BatchCheck within-request deduplication produces incorrect authorization decisions via list-value cache-key collision
published 2026-04-06 7 mo ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also EUVD-2026-19486 , GHSA-jwvj-g8pc-cx45 , GO-2026-5483
- cvss
- 5.0
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
OpenFGA is a high-performance and flexible authorization/permission engine built for developers and inspired by Google Zanzibar. From 1.8.0 to 1.13.1, under specific conditions, BatchCheck calls with multiple checks sent for the same object, relation, and user combination can result in improper policy enforcement. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.14.0.
Patch / fix
- go github.com/openfga/openfga 1.14.0
- openfga openfga 1.14.0
- govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-34972 updated cvss 4.2
github.com/openfga/openfga: OpenFGA: Improper policy enforcement via specific BatchCheck calls
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Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub multicluster-globalhub/multicluster-globalhub-grafana-rhel9affected: workaround, no fix available
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Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 rhacm2/acm-grafana-rhel9 Red Hat Ceph Storage 6 rhceph-ci/grafana/grafanaaffected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 7 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 5.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVD | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | github.com/openfga/openfga | >=1.8.0, <1.14.0 |
1.14.0 |
Affected products
- openfga openfga
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
References
-
github.com
/openfga/openfga/security/advisories/GHSA-jwvj-g8pc-cx45
web, vendor-advisory, advisory
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34972
advisory
-
github.com
/openfga/openfga
package
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-34972
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-jwvj-g8pc-cx45
- NVD CVE-2026-34972
- OSV GO-2026-5483
Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.
CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.