CVE-2023-43645

Denial of service from circular relationship definitions in OpenFGA

Description

OpenFGA is an authorization/permission engine built for developers and inspired by Google Zanzibar. OpenFGA is vulnerable to a denial of service attack when certain Check calls are executed against authorization models that contain circular relationship definitions. When the call is made, it's possible for the server to exhaust resources and die. Users are advised to upgrade to v1.3.2 and update any offending models. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. Note that for models which contained cycles or a relation definition that has the relation itself in its evaluation path, checks and queries that require evaluation will no longer be evaluated on v1.3.2+ and will return errors instead. Users who do not have cyclic models are unaffected.

Category

5.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.35%
Vendor Advisory github.com
Affected: openfga openfga
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2023-43645?
CVE-2023-43645 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2023-43645?
To fix CVE-2023-43645, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2023-43645 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2023-43645 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2023-43645?
CVE-2023-43645 affects openfga openfga.
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