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CVE-2025-54996: OpenBao Root Namespace Operator May Elevate Token Privileges

August 8, 2025 (updated August 11, 2025)

Accounts with access to the highly-privileged identity entity system in the root namespace may increase their scope directly to the root policy. While the identity system always allowed adding arbitrary policies, which in turn could contain capability grants on arbitrary paths, the root policy is restricted to manual generation using unseal or recovery key shares. The global root policy is not accessible from child namespaces.

References

  • discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-13-vault-root-namespace-operator-may-elevate-token-privileges/76032
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-vf84-mxrq-crqc
  • github.com/openbao/openbao
  • github.com/openbao/openbao/commit/9b0b5d4f345fdfb1065956f042b12cbd86cd6e0f
  • github.com/openbao/openbao/pull/1627
  • github.com/openbao/openbao/releases/tag/v2.3.2
  • github.com/openbao/openbao/security/advisories/GHSA-vf84-mxrq-crqc
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54996
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2025-5999

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 0.1.0 before 2.3.2

Fixed versions

  • 2.3.2

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.3.2 or above.

Impact 7.2 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-266: Incorrect Privilege Assignment
  • CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

Source file

go/github.com/openbao/openbao/CVE-2025-54996.yml

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