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

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

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