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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2026-07-27 05:48

Modified

2026-07-27 06:08

Summary

OpenBao: Privileged Operator May Execute Code on the Underlying Host

Details

OpenBao exists to provide a software solution to manage, store, and distribute sensitive data including secrets, certificates, and keys. In versions 2.3.1 and below, some OpenBao deployments intentionally limit privileged API operators from executing system code or making network connections. However, these operators can bypass both restrictions through the audit subsystem by manipulating log prefixes. This allows unauthorized code execution and network access that violates the intended security model. This issue is fixed in version 2.3.2. To workaround, users can block access to sys/audit/* endpoints using explicit deny policies, but root operators cannot be restricted this way.

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    {
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        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "openbao",
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              "fixed": "0.0.0-20250806194004-a14053c9679d"
            },
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              "introduced": "0.0.1"
            },
            {
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            }
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          "type": "SEMVER"
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          "type": "CVSS_V3"
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-54997"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
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    ],
    "severity": "Critical"
  },
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  "id": "BIT-openbao-2025-54997",
  "modified": "2026-07-27T06:08:49.409Z",
  "published": "2026-07-27T05:48:51.750Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-14-privileged-vault-operator-may-execute-code-on-the-underlying-host/76033"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/openbao/openbao/pull/1634"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/openbao/openbao/releases/tag/v2.3.2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/openbao/openbao/security/advisories/GHSA-xp75-r577-cvhp"
    },
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    }
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  "schema_version": "1.6.2",
  "summary": "OpenBao: Privileged Operator May Execute Code on the Underlying Host"
}

CVE-2025-54997 (GCVE-0-2025-54997)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-09 01:56 – Updated: 2025-08-11 13:56

Title

OpenBao: Privileged Operator May Execute Code on the Underlying Host

Summary

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

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

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/openbao/openbao/security/advis…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/openbao/openbao/pull/1634	x_refsource_MISC
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-14-pri…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/openbao/openbao/releases/tag/v2.3.2	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
openbao	openbao	Affected: < 2.3.2

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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

CVE-2025-54997 (GCVE-0-2025-54997)

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