Medium

fhir-works-on-aws-authz-smart handles permissions improperly

  • Disclosed: 21.09.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

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

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Email us at fhir-works-on-aws-dev@amazon.com

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package fhir-works-on-aws-authz-smart >= 3.1.1, < 3.1.3 3.1.3

References

CVSS score 6.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-200, CWE-281
Platform
npm
Package
fhir-works-on-aws-authz-smart
Disclosed
21.09.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-vv7x-7w4m-q72f - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: fhir-works-on-aws-authz-smart

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