CVE-2025-59048

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59048
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-59048.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-59048
Aliases
Published
2025-10-23T15:09:06.574Z
Modified
2025-11-20T12:39:52.887290Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
OpenBao AWS Plugin Vulnerable to Cross-Account IAM Role Impersonation in AWS Auth Method
Details

OpenBao's AWS Plugin generates AWS access credentials based on IAM policies. Prior to version 0.1.1, the AWS Plugin is vulnerable to cross-account IAM role Impersonation in the AWS auth method. The vulnerability allows an IAM role from an untrusted AWS account to authenticate by impersonating a role with the same name in a trusted account, leading to unauthorized access. This impacts all users of the auth-aws plugin who operate in a multi-account AWS environment where IAM role names may not be unique across accounts. This vulnerability has been patched in version 0.1.1 of the auth-aws plugin. A workaround for this issue involves guaranteeing that IAM role names are unique across all AWS accounts that could potentially interact with your OpenBao environment, and to audit for any duplicate IAM roles.

Database specific
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-694",
        "CWE-863"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/openbao/openbao-plugins

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

auth-aws-v0.*

auth-aws-v0.0.1
auth-aws-v0.1.0

auth-azure-v0.*

auth-azure-v0.21.0
auth-azure-v0.22.0
auth-azure-v0.23.0

auth-gcp-v0.*

auth-gcp-v0.21.0
auth-gcp-v0.22.0

secrets-aws-v0.*

secrets-aws-v0.0.1
secrets-aws-v0.1.0
secrets-aws-v0.2.0

secrets-azure-v0.*

secrets-azure-v0.22.0
secrets-azure-v0.23.0

secrets-consul-v0.*

secrets-consul-v0.1.0

secrets-gcp-v0.*

secrets-gcp-v0.22.0
secrets-gcp-v0.23.0

secrets-gcpkms-v0.*

secrets-gcpkms-v0.20.0
secrets-gcpkms-v0.21.0

secrets-nomad-v0.*

secrets-nomad-v0.1.3
secrets-nomad-v0.1.4