GHSA-7ff4-jw48-3436
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7ff4-jw48-3436
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/11/GHSA-7ff4-jw48-3436/GHSA-7ff4-jw48-3436.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-7ff4-jw48-3436
- Aliases
- Published
- 2025-11-24T21:51:18Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-25T18:57:40.741024Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V4 - 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 CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- OpenBao is Vulnerable to Privileged Operator Identity Group Root Escalation
- Details
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Impact
Similar to HCSEC-2025-13 / CVE-2025-5999, 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/groupsendpoints. - 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
sudocapability.Patches
Patched in version 2.4.4.
Workarounds
Users should audit the use of identity subsystem and deny operators access if it is not in use.
- An operator in the root namespace has access to
- Database specific
{ "github_reviewed_at": "2025-11-24T21:51:18Z", "github_reviewed": true, "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-269" ], "nvd_published_at": null, "severity": "HIGH" }- References
Affected packages
Go / github.com/openbao/openbao
Package
- Name
- github.com/openbao/openbao
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- Purl
- pkg:golang/github.com/openbao/openbao