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High · 7.4 CVE-2022-36085 EUVD-2022-6789GHSA-f524-rf33-2jjrGO-2022-0978

OPA Compiler: Bypass of WithUnsafeBuiltins using `with` keyword to mock functions

Published Sep 8, 2022 · Updated Apr 22, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Open Policy Agent (OPA) is an open source, general-purpose policy engine. The Rego compiler provides a (deprecated) `WithUnsafeBuiltins` function, which allows users to provide a set of built-in functions that should be deemed unsafe — and as such rejected — by the compiler if encountered in the policy compilation stage. A bypass of this protection has been found, where the use of the `with` keyword to mock such a built-in function (a feature introduced in OPA v0.40.0), isn’t taken into account by `WithUnsafeBuiltins`. Multiple conditions need to be met in order to create an adverse effect. Version 0.43.1 contains a patch for this issue. As a workaround, avoid using the `WithUnsafeBuiltins` function and use the `capabilities` feature instead.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
open-policy-agent opa >= 0.40.0, < 0.43.1 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/open-policy-agent/opa >= 0.40.0, < 0.43.1 0.43.1 GHSA-f524-rf33-2jjr
Go github.com/open-policy-agent/opa >= 0.40.0, < 0.44.0 0.44.0 GO-2022-0978

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