GHSA-8f5r-8cmq-7fmq

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8f5r-8cmq-7fmq

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/06/GHSA-8f5r-8cmq-7fmq/GHSA-8f5r-8cmq-7fmq.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-8f5r-8cmq-7fmq

Aliases

CVE-2025-52893

Published

2025-06-26T21:25:00Z

Modified

2025-06-30T12:50:41Z

Severity

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

Summary

OpenBao Inserts Sensitive Information into Log File when processing malformed data

Details

Impact

OpenBao before v2.3.0 and HashiCorp Vault as of the current v1.19.5 may leak sensitive information in logs when processing malformed data. This is separate from the earlier HCSEC-2025-09 / CVE-2025-4166.

Patches

This issue has been fixed in OpenBao v2.3.0 and later.

Workarounds

Like with HCSEC-2025-09, there is no known workaround except to ensure properly formatted requests from all clients.

Remediation

Users with the capability to search through server and audit logs for any possible exposed secrets can refer to the following snippets to aid in searching:

Audit Log

... "error":"error converting input for field \"password\": expected type 'string', got unconvertible type 'map[string]interface {}', value: '&lt;sensitive data>'" ...

Server Log

error converting input for field "password": expected type 'string', got unconvertible type 'map[string]interface {}', value: '&lt;sensitive data>'

If any matches are found, rotating the affected secret is advised.

References

See also: https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-09-vault-may-expose-sensitive-information-in-error-logs-when-processing-malformed-data-with-the-kv-v2-plugin/74717

See also: https://github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/releases/tag/v2.3.0

See also: https://github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/pull/105 -> https://github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/commit/ed3f92181528ff776a0324107b8b55026e93766a

Database specific

{
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-06-26T21:25:00Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-532"
    ],
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-06-25T17:15:39Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed": true
}

References

Affected packages

Go / github.com/openbao/openbao/sdk/v2/framework

Package

Name: github.com/openbao/openbao/sdk/v2/framework; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/openbao/openbao/sdk/v2/framework

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.3.0