Vulnerabilities in pkg:golang/github.com/openfga/openfga
PACKAGECVE-2026-61709 is a MODERATE (CVSS 5.3) listusers returns a deliberately-excluded user vulnerability (CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization) affecting OpenFGA libraries in the Go ecosystem. The issue involves listusers returns a deliberately-excluded user when a `but not` exclusion under a type-bound wildcard is intersected (`and`) with another relation that also grants that user. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 1.18.1.
pkg:golang/github.com/openfga/openfga
Vulnerability advisories affecting package pkg:golang/github.com/openfga/openfga. Select an advisory below to view technical details or fixes.
| Advisory ID | CVE / NVD | Severity | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-g3pg-frfm-pr2m | CVE-2026-61709 | MODERATE | OpenFGA: ListUsers returns a deliberately-excluded user when a `but not` exclusion under a type-bound wildcard is intersected (`and`) with another relation that also grants that user |
| GHSA-hcxc-wf8j-23hv | CVE-2026-55689 | MODERATE | OpenFGA: OIDC audience validation skipped when --authn-oidc-audience is unset |
| GHSA-cf98-j28v-49v6 | CVE-2026-55170 | LOW | OpenFGA Improper Policy Enforcement |
| GHSA-8396-jffm-qx4w | CVE-2026-48096 | MODERATE | OpenFGA has cache-key delimiter injection in shared-iterator and v2 iterator that caches enables intra-store authorization-decision poisoning |
| GHSA-68m9-983m-f3v5 | CVE-2026-40293 | MODERATE | OpenFGA: Unauthenticated playground endpoint discloses preshared API key in HTML response |
| GHSA-57j5-qwp2-vqp6 | CVE-2026-41131 | MODERATE | OpenFGA has Improper Policy Enforcement |
| GHSA-jwvj-g8pc-cx45 | CVE-2026-34972 | MODERATE | OpenFGA's BatchCheck within-request deduplication produces incorrect authorization decisions via list-value cache-key collision |
| GHSA-c72g-53hw-82q7 | CVE-2025-48371 | MODERATE | OpenFGA Authorization Bypass |
| GHSA-h6c8-cww8-35hf | CVE-2026-33729 | MODERATE | OpenFGA has an Authorization Bypass through cached keys |
| GHSA-jq9f-gm9w-rwm9 | CVE-2026-24851 | MODERATE | OpenFGA Improper Policy Enforcement |
| GHSA-2c64-vmv2-hgfc | CVE-2025-64751 | MODERATE | OpenFGA Improper Policy Enforcement |
| GHSA-mgh9-4mwp-fg55 | CVE-2025-55213 | MODERATE | OpenFGA Authorization Bypass |
| GHSA-w222-m46c-mgh6 | CVE-2025-46331 | MODERATE | OpenFGA Authorization Bypass |
| GHSA-g4v5-6f5p-m38j | CVE-2025-25196 | MODERATE | OpenFGA Authorization Bypass |
| GHSA-32q6-rr98-cjqv | CVE-2024-56323 | MODERATE | OpenFGA Authorization Bypass |
| GHSA-3f6g-m4hr-59h8 | CVE-2024-42473 | HIGH | OpenFGA Authorization Bypass |
| GHSA-jcf2-mxr2-gmqp | CVE-2023-40579 | MODERATE | OpenFGA Authorization Bypass |
| GHSA-8cph-m685-6v6r | CVE-2024-31452 | HIGH | OpenFGA Authorization Bypass |
| GHSA-rxpw-85vw-fx87 | CVE-2024-23820 | MODERATE | OpenFGA denial of service |
| GHSA-hr4f-6jh8-f2vq | CVE-2023-45810 | HIGH | OpenFGA DoS vulnerability |
| GHSA-2hm9-h873-pgqh | CVE-2023-43645 | MODERATE | OpenFGA Vulnerable to DoS from circular relationship definitions |
| GHSA-hr9r-8phq-5x8j | CVE-2023-35933 | MODERATE | OpenFGA vulnerable to denial of service due to circular relationship |
| GHSA-f4mm-2r69-mg5f | CVE-2022-39342 | MODERATE | OpenFGA Authorization Bypass |
| GHSA-vj4m-83m8-xpw5 | CVE-2022-39341 | MODERATE | OpenFGA Authorization Bypass via tupleset wildcard |
| GHSA-m3q4-7qmj-657m | CVE-2022-23542 | HIGH | OpenFGA Authorization Bypass |
| GHSA-3gfj-fxx4-f22w | CVE-2022-39352 | MODERATE | OpenFGA Authorization Bypass |
| GHSA-95x7-mh78-7w2r | CVE-2022-39340 | MODERATE | OpenFGA subject to Information Disclosure via streamed-list-objects endpoint |
CVE-2026-61709 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 5.3
The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).
How to Fix CVE-2026-61709
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected OpenFGA dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
Upgrade github.com/openfga/openfga to 1.18.1
Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
inspect dependencies for github.com/openfga/openfga
How to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your application is affected by CVE-2026-61709, inspect your project dependencies for OpenFGA:
inspect dependencies for github.com/openfga/openfga
Analyze the terminal output to locate any version of OpenFGA in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 1.18.1), your application is affected.
Note: Verify declared build manifests and deployed runtime container environments.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization, where the product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. In OpenFGA, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
CVE-2026-61709 Affected OpenFGA Versions
1 component(s)| Product / Package | Ecosystem | Affected Versions | Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|---|
|
github.com/openfga/openfga
|
Go |
< 1.18.1
|
1.18.1
|
References
Frequently Asked Questions
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
{
"schema_version" : "1.4.0",
"id" : "GHSA-g3pg-frfm-pr2m",
"modified" : "2026-09-16T22:15:09Z",
"published" : "2026-09-16T22:15:09Z",
"aliases" : [ "CVE-2026-61709" ],
"summary" : "OpenFGA: ListUsers returns a deliberately-excluded user when a `but not` exclusion under a type-bound wildcard is intersected (`and`) with another relation that also grants that user",
"details" : "### Description\n\nIn OpenFGA, the ListUsers API could incorrectly return a user who should have been excluded.\n\n\n### Preconditions\n\nThis applies if all of the following are present:\n\n- The authorization model contains a relation defined as an intersection (and) where at least one operand is an exclusion of the form base but not excluded: e.g. `rel1: (public_user but not blocked) and rel2`\n- The base side of that exclusion is granted through a type-bound public wildcard (e.g. user:*).\n- A user excluded by the but not clause is also granted, via a concrete tuple, through another operand of the intersection.\n- Your application uses ListUsers to enumerate or enforce access\n\n### Fix\n\nUpgrade to OpenFGA v1.18.1 or greater.\n\n### Acknowledgements\n\nOpenFGA would like to thank @5ud0er for the detailed report.",
"severity" : [ {
"type" : "CVSS_V3",
"score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
} ],
"affected" : [ {
"package" : {
"ecosystem" : "Go",
"name" : "github.com/openfga/openfga"
},
"ranges" : [ {
"type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
"events" : [ {
"introduced" : "0"
}, {
"fixed" : "1.18.1"
} ]
} ],
"database_specific" : {
"last_known_affected_version_range" : "<= 1.18.0"
}
} ],
"references" : [ {
"type" : "WEB",
"url" : "https://github.com/openfga/openfga/security/advisories/GHSA-g3pg-frfm-pr2m"
}, {
"type" : "ADVISORY",
"url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61709"
}, {
"type" : "WEB",
"url" : "https://github.com/openfga/openfga/commit/171806c93b86bca29e0212ceb8b6ee9c48eb9ac3"
}, {
"type" : "PACKAGE",
"url" : "https://github.com/openfga/openfga"
}, {
"type" : "WEB",
"url" : "https://github.com/openfga/openfga/releases/tag/v1.18.1"
} ],
"database_specific" : {
"cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-281", "CWE-863" ],
"severity" : "MODERATE",
"github_reviewed" : true,
"github_reviewed_at" : "2026-09-16T22:15:09Z",
"nvd_published_at" : "2026-09-16T15:17:39Z"
}
}