9.8

CVE-2025-55213: openfga helm_charts Incorrect Authorization

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalAnalyzed
AliasesGHSA-mgh9-4mwp-fg55GO-2025-3894
Published 18-08-2025Last modified 18-08-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-55213 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in openfga helm_charts. EPSS estimates a 0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.32%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 18-08-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 18-08-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

OpenFGA is a high-performance and flexible authorization/permission engine built for developers and inspired by Google Zanzibar. OpenFGA v1.9.3 to v1.9.4 ( openfga-0.2.40 <= Helm chart <= openfga-0.2.41, v1.9.3 <= docker <= v.1.9.4) are vulnerable to improper policy enforcement when certain Check and ListObject calls are executed. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.9.5.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.32%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

24%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.32% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.32%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Openfga2 products
Github.com/openfga1 product
  • openfga≥ 1.9.3, < 1.9.5

2 vendors · 3 products

References

5 links