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CVE-2025-54997: Privileged OpenBao Operator May Execute Code on the Underlying Host

August 8, 2025 (updated August 11, 2025)

Under certain threat models, OpenBao operators with privileged API access may not be system administrators and thus normally lack the ability to update binaries or execute code on the system. Additionally, privileged API operators should be unable to perform TCP connections to arbitrary hosts in the environment OpenBao is executing within. The API-driven audit subsystem granted privileged API operators the ability to do both with an attacker-controlled log prefix. Access to these endpoints should be restricted.

References

  • discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-14-privileged-vault-operator-may-execute-code-on-the-underlying-host/76033
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-xp75-r577-cvhp
  • github.com/openbao/openbao
  • github.com/openbao/openbao/commit/a14053c9679d6e9cf370f00cf933476cda6d84a2
  • github.com/openbao/openbao/pull/1634
  • github.com/openbao/openbao/releases/tag/v2.3.2
  • github.com/openbao/openbao/security/advisories/GHSA-xp75-r577-cvhp
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54997
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6000

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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 9.1 CRITICAL

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Source file

go/github.com/openbao/openbao/CVE-2025-54997.yml

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