GHSA-vv7x-7w4m-q72f — fhir-works-on-aws-authz-s…
MEDIUMFix: awslabs/fhir-works-on-aws-authz-smart@203bbc0GHSA-vv7x-7w4m-q72f is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) Information Exposure vulnerability in fhir-works-on-aws-authz-smart. A fix is available for fhir-works-on-aws-authz-smart — see the affected versions and patch details below.
fhir-works-on-aws-authz-smart handles permissions improperly
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-vv7x-7w4m-q72f.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-vv7x-7w4m-q72f plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 378,156 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, a proxy for how much of the ecosystem is exposed.
fhir-works-on-aws-authz-smartnpmDescription
Impact
This issue allows a client of the API to retrieve more information than the client’s OAuth scope permits when making “search-type” requests. This issue would not allow a client to retrieve information about individuals other than those the client was already authorized to access.
Patches
We recommend that users of fhir-works-on-aws-authz-smart 3.1.1 or 3.1.2 upgrade to version 3.1.3 or higher immediately. Versions 3.1.0 and below are unaffected.
Workarounds
There is no workaround for this issue. Please upgrade fhir-works-on-aws-authz-smart to version 3.1.3 or higher.
References
https://github.com/awslabs/fhir-works-on-aws-deployment https://github.com/awslabs/fhir-works-on-aws-authz-smart
For more information
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Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | fhir-works-on-aws-authz-smart | ≥ 3.1.1&&< 3.1.3 | 3.1.3npm install fhir-works-on-aws-authz-smart@3.1.3 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for fhir-works-on-aws-authz-smart, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update fhir-works-on-aws-authz-smart to 3.1.3 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-vv7x-7w4m-q72f is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-vv7x-7w4m-q72f can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-vv7x-7w4m-q72f. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-vv7x-7w4m-q72f in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-vv7x-7w4m-q72f across npm dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.