CVE-2026-55170

OpenFGA MySQL backend: case-insensitive collation on identifier columns causes incorrect authorization decisions

Published Jul 9, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-cf98-j28v-49v6 OpenFGA Improper Policy Enforcement
History
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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Openfga
Openfga openfga
Vendors & Products Openfga
Openfga openfga
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Description 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.
Title OpenFGA MySQL backend: case-insensitive collation on identifier columns causes incorrect authorization decisions
Weaknesses CWE-178
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.1, '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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jul 10, 2026, 2:26 PM
Reserved
Jun 16, 2026, 3:13 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jul 9, 2026, 10:17 PM
Modified
Jul 14, 2026, 1:22 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jul 9, 2026, 9:04 PM