{"answers":{"affected":"4 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-2025-64761 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade github.com/openbao/openbao to 2.4.4 or later.","what":"CVE-2025-64761 is a high-severity vulnerability in openbao, published on 25 Nov 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-64761 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-64761 is a high-severity vulnerability in openbao, published on 25 Nov 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-64761 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- github.com/openbao/openbao (Go): affected all versions; no fix listed\n- github.com/openbao/openbao (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 2.4.4\n- github.com/openbao/openbao (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 2.4.4\n- openbao (Bitnami): affected all versions; fixed in 2.4.4\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-2025-64761/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-64761/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-64761","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-64761/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-64761","record":{"aliases":["BIT-openbao-2025-64761","GHSA-7ff4-jw48-3436","GO-2025-4156","openSUSE-SU-2025:15767-1"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"OpenBao secrets manager","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"A privileged operator can escalate permissions to root by adding a root policy to an identity group, bypassing intended access controls.","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":7.5,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-266","name":"Incorrect Privilege Assignment"}],"description":"OpenBao is an open source identity-based secrets management system. Prior to version 2.4.4, a privileged operator could use the identity group subsystem to add a root policy to a group identity group, escalating their or another user's permissions in the system. Specifically this is an issue when: an operator in the root namespace has access to identity/groups endpoints and an operator does not have policy access. Otherwise, an operator with policy access could create or modify an existing policy to grant root-equivalent permissions through the sudo capability. This issue has been patched in version 2.4.4.","ecosystems":["Bitnami","Go","openSUSE:Tumbleweed"],"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 Privileged Operator Identity Group Root Escalation","id":"CVE-2025-64761","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2025"},"n_packages":5,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"authkit-nextjs may let session cookies be cached in CDNs","id":"CVE-2025-64762"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","fixed":["2.4.4"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"openbao","purl":"pkg:bitnami/openbao","source":"BIT-openbao-2025-64761"},{"ecosystem":"Go","fixed":[],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"github.com/openbao/openbao","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/openbao/openbao","source":"GO-2025-4156"},{"ecosystem":"Go","fixed":["2.4.4"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"github.com/openbao/openbao","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-7ff4-jw48-3436"},{"ecosystem":"Go","fixed":["2.4.4"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"github.com/openbao/openbao","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/openbao/openbao","source":"GHSA-7ff4-jw48-3436"},{"ecosystem":"openSUSE:Tumbleweed","fixed":["2.4.4-1.1"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"openbao","purl":"pkg:rpm/opensuse/openbao\u0026distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed","source":"openSUSE-SU-2025:15767-1"}],"prev":{"headline":"Tuleap has missing CSRF protections in its tracker trigger management system","id":"CVE-2025-64760"},"products":["openbao"],"published":"2025-11-25","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 vulnerable to denial of service via malicious JSON request processing","id":"CVE-2025-59043","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-10-17"},{"cvss_score":7.2,"headline":"OpenBao Root Namespace Operator May Elevate Token Privileges","id":"CVE-2025-54996","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-08-09"},{"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":"CC BY 4.0","name":"SUSE","prefix":"openSUSE"},{"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":"2026-02-26","vendors":["openbao"]},"summary":"A privileged operator can escalate permissions to root by adding a root policy to an identity group, bypassing intended access controls.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-64761/"}