CVE-2025-54998 json
OpenBao Userpass and LDAP User Lockout Bypass
published 2025-08-08 15 mo ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-openbao-2025-54998 , EUVD-2025-24036 , GHSA-j3xv-7fxp-gfhx , GO-2025-3855
- cvss
- 5.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 14%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
OpenBao exists to provide a software solution to manage, store, and distribute sensitive data including secrets, certificates, and keys. In versions 0.1.0 through 2.3.1, attackers could bypass the automatic user lockout mechanisms in the OpenBao Userpass or LDAP auth systems. This was caused by different aliasing between pre-flight and full login request user entity alias attributions. This is fixed in version 2.3.2. To work around this issue, existing users may apply rate-limiting quotas on the authentication endpoints:, see https://openbao.org/api-docs/system/rate-limit-quotas/.
Patch / fix
- go github.com/openbao/openbao 0.0.0-20250807212521-c52795c1ef74, 2.3.2
- bitnami openbao 0.0.0-20250807212521-c52795c1ef74, 2.3.2
- openbao openbao 0.0.0-20250807212521-c52795c1ef74, 2.3.2
- govulncheck-vulndb SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 0.0.20250814T182633-150000.1.98.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:02912-1
- govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.0.20250811T192933-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15434-1
- openbao Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 2.3.2-r0
alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2025-54998
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CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 14 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| OSV | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | github.com/openbao/openbao | >=0.1.0, <2.3.2 <0.0.0-20250807212521-c52795c1ef74 >=0.1.0 |
2.3.2 0.0.0-20250807212521-c52795c1ef74 |
| bitnami | openbao | <0.0.0-20250807212521-c52795c1ef74 >=0.0.1, <2.3.2 |
0.0.0-20250807212521-c52795c1ef74 2.3.2 |
Affected products
- openbao openbao
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
References
-
github.com
/openbao/openbao/commit/c52795c1ef746c7f2c510f9225aa8ccbbd44f9fc
web, patch
-
github.com
/openbao/openbao/security/advisories/GHSA-j3xv-7fxp-gfhx
web, vendor-advisory, advisory
-
discuss.hashicorp.com
/t/hcsec-2025-16-vault-userpass-and-ldap-user-lockout-bypass/76035
web, not-applicable
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54998
advisory, web
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6004
advisory, web
-
github.com
/openbao/openbao
package
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-54998
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-j3xv-7fxp-gfhx
- NVD CVE-2025-54998
- OSV BIT-openbao-2025-54998
- OSV GO-2025-3855
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