What is CVE-2025-55213?

CVE-2025-55213 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Openfga Helm Charts, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-08-18.

How severe is CVE-2025-55213?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Openfga Helm Charts

CVE-2025-55213

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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2025-08-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (23.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 23.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Openfga Helm Charts
Openfga — versions >= 1.9.3, < 1.9.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

github.com/openfga/openfga/security/advisories/GHSA-mgh9-4mwp-fg55 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/openfga/openfga/commit/1a7e0e37fc4777c824b2386cac4867a66f3480b0 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-55213?: CVE-2025-55213 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Openfga Helm Charts, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-08-18.
How severe is CVE-2025-55213?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.