# CVE-2025-25196: GO-2025-3470 - OpenFGA Authorization Bypass in github.com/openfga/openfga

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-25196-openfga-authorization-bypass  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-03-03  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-25196 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2025-03-03

OpenFGA Authorization Bypass in github.com/openfga/openfga

Technologies: [github.com/openfga/openfga (Go)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/github-com-openfga-openfga). Vendors: [Go](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/go).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-25196 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-25196 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-25196?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 3 March 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** github.com/openfga/openfga (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=1.8.5.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-25196?** Yes. github.com/openfga/openfga (Go): upgrade to 1.8.5 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-25196?** Check whether you run github.com/openfga/openfga (Go) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- github.com/openfga/openfga (Go): upgrade to 1.8.5 or later

  ```sh
  go get github.com/openfga/openfga@v1.8.5
  ```


## Affected products

- github.com/openfga/openfga (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=1.8.5

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-25196
- GHSA-g4v5-6f5p-m38j
- GO-2025-3470

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