GHSA-7q7g-x6vg-xpc3

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7q7g-x6vg-xpc3

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-7q7g-x6vg-xpc3/GHSA-7q7g-x6vg-xpc3.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-7q7g-x6vg-xpc3

Aliases

Published

2026-03-26T18:32:54Z

Modified

2026-07-27T09:11:40Z

Severity

9.6 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L CVSS Calculator

Summary

OpenBao lacks user confirmation for OIDC direct callback mode

Details

Impact

OpenBao does not prompt for user confirmation when logging in via JWT/OIDC and a role with callback_mode set to direct.

This allows an attacker to start an authentication request and perform "remote phishing" by having the victim visit the URL and automatically log-in to the session of the attacker. Despite being based on the authorization code flow, the direct mode calls back directly to the API and allows an attacker to poll for an OpenBao token until it is issued.

Patches

Version 2.5.2 includes an additional confirmation screen for direct type logins that requires manual user interaction in order to finish the authentication.

Workarounds

This issue can be worked around either by removing any roles with callback_mode=direct or enforcing confirmation for every session on the token issuer side for the Client ID used by OpenBao.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-384"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-03-26T18:32:54Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2026-03-27T15:16:57Z",
    "severity":  "CRITICAL"
}

References

Affected packages

Go / github.com/openbao/openbao

Package

Name: github.com/openbao/openbao; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/openbao/openbao

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.0.0-20260325142553-e32103951925

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-7q7g-x6vg-xpc3/GHSA-7q7g-x6vg-xpc3.json"