{"answers":{"affected":"6 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/openbao/openbao and openbao. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-54996 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade github.com/openbao/openbao to a fixed version for your release line: 0.0.0-20250806193240-9b0b5d4f345f or 2.3.2.","what":"CVE-2025-54996 is a high-severity vulnerability in openbao, published on 9 Aug 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-54996 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-54996 is a high-severity vulnerability in openbao, published on 9 Aug 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-54996 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- github.com/openbao/openbao (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 0.0.0-20250806193240-9b0b5d4f345f\n- github.com/openbao/openbao (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 0.0.0-20250806193240-9b0b5d4f345f\n- github.com/openbao/openbao (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 0.0.0-20250806193240-9b0b5d4f345f\n- github.com/openbao/openbao (Go): affected from 0.1.0; fixed in 2.3.2\n- github.com/openbao/openbao (Go): affected from 0.1.0; fixed in 2.3.2\n- openbao (Bitnami): affected all versions; fixed in 0.0.0-20250806193240-9b0b5d4f345f, 2.3.2\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54996/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54996/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-54996","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54996/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-54996","record":{"aliases":["BIT-openbao-2025-54996","GHSA-vf84-mxrq-crqc","GO-2025-3857"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Secrets management server","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Root namespace operators can escalate privileges to the global root policy, bypassing intended restrictions on high-privilege access.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"GitHub_M","cpe":[{"product":"openbao","vendor":"openbao"}],"cvss":{"score":7.2,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-269","name":"Improper Privilege Management"}],"description":"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, accounts with access to highly-privileged identity entity systems in root namespaces were able to increase their scope directly to the root policy. While the identity system allowed adding arbitrary policies, which in turn could contain capability grants on arbitrary paths, the root policy was restricted to manual generation using unseal or recovery key shares. The global root policy was not accessible from child namespaces. This issue is fixed in version 2.3.2. To workaround this vulnerability, use of denied_parameters in any policy which has access to the affected identity endpoints (on identity entities) may be sufficient to prohibit this type of attack.","ecosystems":["Bitnami","Go"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"OpenBao Root Namespace Operator May Elevate Token Privileges","id":"CVE-2025-54996","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2025"},"n_packages":6,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"OpenBao: Privileged Operator May Execute Code on the Underlying Host","id":"CVE-2025-54997"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","fixed":["0.0.0-20250806193240-9b0b5d4f345f","2.3.2"],"introduced":["0","0.0.1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"openbao","purl":"pkg:bitnami/openbao","source":"BIT-openbao-2025-54996"},{"ecosystem":"Go","fixed":["0.0.0-20250806193240-9b0b5d4f345f"],"introduced":["0","0.1.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"github.com/openbao/openbao","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/openbao/openbao","source":"GO-2025-3857"},{"ecosystem":"Go","fixed":["0.0.0-20250806193240-9b0b5d4f345f"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"github.com/openbao/openbao","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-vf84-mxrq-crqc"},{"ecosystem":"Go","fixed":["0.0.0-20250806193240-9b0b5d4f345f"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"github.com/openbao/openbao","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/openbao/openbao","source":"GHSA-vf84-mxrq-crqc"},{"ecosystem":"Go","fixed":["2.3.2"],"introduced":["0.1.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"github.com/openbao/openbao","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-vf84-mxrq-crqc"},{"ecosystem":"Go","fixed":["2.3.2"],"introduced":["0.1.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"github.com/openbao/openbao","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/openbao/openbao","source":"GHSA-vf84-mxrq-crqc"}],"prev":{"headline":"Asterisk remotely exploitable leak of RTP UDP ports and internal resources","id":"CVE-2025-54995"},"products":["openbao"],"published":"2025-08-09","related":[{"cvss_score":9.6,"headline":"OpenBao lacks user confirmation for OIDC direct callback mode","id":"CVE-2026-33757","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-03-27"},{"cvss_score":9.4,"headline":"OpenBao has Reflected XSS in its OIDC authentication error message","id":"CVE-2026-33758","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-03-27"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"OpenBao: Privileged Operator May Execute Code on the Underlying Host","id":"CVE-2025-54997","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-08-09"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"OpenBao Privileged Operator Identity Group Root Escalation","id":"CVE-2025-64761","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-11-25"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"OpenBao vulnerable to denial of service via malicious JSON request processing","id":"CVE-2025-59043","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-10-17"},{"cvss_score":6.9,"headline":"OpenBao Vulnerable to Unauthenticated Rekey Operation Cancellation","id":"CVE-2025-52894","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-06-25"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"Bitnami","prefix":"BIT"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"Go Vulnerability Database","prefix":"GO"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-08-11","vendors":["openbao"]},"summary":"Root namespace operators can escalate privileges to the global root policy, bypassing intended restrictions on high-privilege access.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54996/"}