CVE-2025-54997

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54997
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-54997.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-54997
Aliases
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-08-09T01:56:45.634Z
Modified
2026-04-10T05:29:45.097774Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
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.

Database specific 
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    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/54xxx/CVE-2025-54997.json",
    "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-94"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/openbao/openbao

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/openbao/openbao
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
b1a68f558c89d18d38fbb8675bb6fc1d90b71e98

Affected versions

api/auth/approle/v0.*
api/auth/approle/v0.1.0
api/auth/approle/v0.1.1
api/auth/approle/v0.2.0
api/auth/approle/v0.3.0
api/auth/approle/v0.4.0
api/auth/approle/v0.4.1
api/auth/approle/v1.*
api/auth/approle/v1.1.0-development20240408
api/auth/approle/v2.*
api/auth/approle/v2.0.1
api/auth/approle/v2.2.0
api/auth/approle/v2.3.0
api/auth/approle/v2.3.1
api/auth/aws/v0.*
api/auth/aws/v0.1.0
api/auth/aws/v0.2.0
api/auth/aws/v0.3.0
api/auth/aws/v0.4.0
api/auth/aws/v0.4.1
api/auth/aws/v1.*
api/auth/aws/v1.1.0-development20240408
api/auth/azure/v0.*
api/auth/azure/v0.1.0
api/auth/azure/v0.2.0
api/auth/azure/v0.3.0
api/auth/azure/v0.4.0
api/auth/azure/v0.4.1
api/auth/azure/v1.*
api/auth/azure/v1.1.0-development20240408
api/auth/gcp/v0.*
api/auth/gcp/v0.1.0
api/auth/gcp/v0.2.0
api/auth/gcp/v0.3.0
api/auth/gcp/v0.4.0
api/auth/gcp/v0.4.1
api/auth/gcp/v1.*
api/auth/gcp/v1.1.0-development20240408
api/auth/kubernetes/v1.*
api/auth/kubernetes/v1.1.0-development20240408
api/auth/kubernetes/v2.*
api/auth/kubernetes/v2.0.1
api/auth/kubernetes/v2.2.0
api/auth/kubernetes/v2.3.0
api/auth/kubernetes/v2.3.1
api/auth/ldap/v1.*
api/auth/ldap/v1.1.0-development20240408
api/auth/ldap/v2.*
api/auth/ldap/v2.0.1
api/auth/ldap/v2.2.0
api/auth/ldap/v2.3.0
api/auth/ldap/v2.3.1
api/auth/userpass/v0.*
api/auth/userpass/v0.1.0
api/auth/userpass/v0.2.0
api/auth/userpass/v0.3.0
api/auth/userpass/v0.4.0
api/auth/userpass/v0.4.1
api/auth/userpass/v1.*
api/auth/userpass/v1.1.0-development20240408
api/auth/userpass/v2.*
api/auth/userpass/v2.0.1
api/auth/userpass/v2.2.0
api/auth/userpass/v2.3.0
api/auth/userpass/v2.3.1
api/v1.*
api/v1.0.1
api/v1.0.2
api/v1.0.3
api/v1.0.4
api/v1.1.1
api/v1.100.0-development20240408
api/v1.2.0
api/v1.3.1
api/v1.5.0
api/v1.6.0
api/v1.7.0
api/v1.7.1
api/v1.7.2
api/v1.8.0
api/v1.8.1
api/v1.8.2
api/v1.8.3
api/v1.9.0
api/v1.9.1
api/v1.9.2
api/v2.*
api/v2.0.1
api/v2.1.0
api/v2.2.0
api/v2.3.0
api/v2.3.1
Other
before-plugin-removal
dev-namespaces-base-20250215
dev-namespaces-base-20250311
dev-namespaces-base-20250424
sdk/v0.*
sdk/v0.1.10
sdk/v0.1.11
sdk/v0.1.12
sdk/v0.1.13
sdk/v0.1.8
sdk/v0.1.9
sdk/v0.2.1
sdk/v0.3.0
sdk/v0.4.1
sdk/v0.5.0
sdk/v0.5.1
sdk/v0.5.3
sdk/v0.6.0
sdk/v0.6.1
sdk/v0.6.2
sdk/v0.7.0
sdk/v0.8.0
sdk/v0.9.0
sdk/v0.9.1
sdk/v1.*
sdk/v1.100.0-development20240408
sdk/v2.*
sdk/v2.0.1
sdk/v2.1.0
sdk/v2.2.0
sdk/v2.3.0
sdk/v2.3.1
v2.*
v2.0.0
v2.0.0-alpha20240329
v2.0.0-beta20240618
v2.1.0-beta20241114
v2.1.0-beta20241114.1
v2.1.0-beta20241114.2
v2.1.0-beta20241114.3
v2.2.0-beta20250213
v2.3.0
v2.3.0-beta20250528
v2.3.1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-54997.json"