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TI-2025-34702 Aliases CVE-2025-54998GHSA-j3xv-7fxp-gfhx

OpenBao Userpass and LDAP User Lockout Bypass

Priority LOW 30CWE-307Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-307.

Summary

OpenBao exists to provide a software solution to manage, store, and distribute sensitive data including secrets, certificates, and keys. In versions 0.1.0 through 2.3.1, attackers could bypass the automatic user lockout mechanisms in the OpenBao Userpass or LDAP auth systems. This was caused by different aliasing between pre-flight and full login request user entity alias attributions. This is fixed in version 2.3.2. To work around this issue, existing users may apply rate-limiting quotas on the authentication endpoints:, see https://openbao.org/api-docs/system/rate-limit-quotas/.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00233 14th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed openbao (openbao): 2.3.2github.com/openbao/openbao (Go): 2.3.2, 0.0.0-20250807212521-c52795c1ef74

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
openbaoopenbao0.1.0 to before 2.3.22.3.2Patch availableCNA
—github.com/openbao/openbao (Go)0.1.0 to before 2.3.22.3.2Patch availableGHSA-j3xv-7fxp-gfhx
—github.com/openbao/openbao (Go)before 0.0.0-20250807212521-c52795c1ef740.0.0-20250807212521-c52795c1ef74Patch availableGHSA-j3xv-7fxp-gfhx
  • openbao Vendoropenbao Affected 0.1.0 to before 2.3.2 Fixed in 2.3.2 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/openbao/openbao (Go) Vendor— Affected 0.1.0 to before 2.3.2 Fixed in 2.3.2 Patch available GHSA-j3xv-7fxp-gfhx
  • github.com/openbao/openbao (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.0.0-20250807212521-c52795c1ef74 Fixed in 0.0.0-20250807212521-c52795c1ef74 Patch available GHSA-j3xv-7fxp-gfhx

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openbao:openbao:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.3.2Vulnerableopenbao
  • cpe:2.3:a:openbao:openbao:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.3.2 Vulnerable ·openbao

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA openbao (openbao) Fixed in 2.3.2
  • Fix · GHSA-j3xv-7fxp-gfhx github.com/openbao/openbao (Go) Fixed in 2.3.2 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-j3xv-7fxp-gfhx github.com/openbao/openbao (Go) Fixed in 0.0.0-20250807212521-c52795c1ef74 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-54998
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j3xv-7fxp-gfhx

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

Other 2

  • TI-2024-01904 Vault Cert Auth Method Did Not Correctly Validate Non-CA Certificates CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-28381 OpenBao has Decompression Bomb via Unbounded Copy in OCI Plugin Extraction (DoS) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2026-26136 OpenBao lacks user confirmation for OIDC direct callback mode CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
  • TI-2026-26137 OpenBao has Reflected XSS in its OIDC authentication error message CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
  • TI-2025-34701 OpenBao: Privileged Operator May Execute Code on the Underlying Host CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2025-36685 OpenBao vulnerable to denial of service via malicious JSON request processing CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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