CVE-2026-55170
What it is
OpenFGA is an authorization/permission engine built for developers. Prior to 1.18.0, when MySQL is being used as the datastore and authorization decisions rely on case-sensitive user strings, the tuple, changelog, and authorization_model identifier columns can compare case-distinct values such as user:Alice and user:alice as equivalent, causing two distinct check requests to return the same response. This issue is fixed in 1.18.0.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account, but needs a user to act. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.3% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 2.1 LOW (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-178
- Record status
- Analyzed
Affected
- Openfga Helm Charts < 0.3.9
- Openfga < 1.18.0
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 2.1
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Passive
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2026-55170.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2026-55170. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/openfga/helm-charts/commit/96d5517a2693ff5def451dee7d6b9d1baeb281f8
- https://github.com/openfga/helm-charts/releases/tag/openfga-0.3.9
- https://github.com/openfga/openfga/commit/a2e0dbefc3e01a95c785f81a3563bc6571b08b11
- https://github.com/openfga/openfga/releases/tag/v1.18.0
- https://github.com/openfga/openfga/security/advisories/GHSA-cf98-j28v-49v6
References
- https://github.com/openfga/helm-charts/commit/96d5517a2693ff5def451dee7d6b9d1baeb281f8
- https://github.com/openfga/helm-charts/releases/tag/openfga-0.3.9
- https://github.com/openfga/openfga/commit/a2e0dbefc3e01a95c785f81a3563bc6571b08b11
- https://github.com/openfga/openfga/releases/tag/v1.18.0
- https://github.com/openfga/openfga/security/advisories/GHSA-cf98-j28v-49v6