# @cedar-policy/authorization-for-expressjs has an authorization bypass via query string manipulation

Advisory record · `GHSA-g4w6-vmgf-xqvx`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-g4w6-vmgf-xqvx` · `CVE-2026-49473`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 8.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-436](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/436.html) · [CWE-863](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/863.html)
- **Tags:** [Broken access control](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/access-control.md) · [CWE-436](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-436.md)
- **Published:** 30 Jun 2026
- **Updated:** 10 Sept 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 30 Jun 2026, 18:09 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `@cedar-policy/authorization-for-expressjs` (npm): affected `<0.3.0`; fixed in `0.3.0`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 8.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (GitHub_M)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0047, the 40th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 30 Jun 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-g4w6-vmgf-xqvx](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g4w6-vmgf-xqvx)
- [OSV: GHSA-g4w6-vmgf-xqvx](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-g4w6-vmgf-xqvx)
- <https://github.com/cedar-policy/authorization-for-expressjs/security/advisories/GHSA-g4w6-vmgf-xqvx>
- <https://github.com/cedar-policy/authorization-for-expressjs>
- <https://github.com/cedar-policy/authorization-for-expressjs/releases/tag/v0.3.0>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

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