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GHSA-prpj-rchp-9j5h

OpenBao allows cancellation of root rekey and recovery rekey operations without authentication

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) Moderate CVE-2025-52894

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
Go github.com/openbao/openbao < 2.3.1 no fix listed
Go github.com/openbao/openbao < 0.0.0-20250625150133-fe75468822a2 0.0.0-20250625150133-fe75468822a2

Details

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### Impact OpenBao and HashiCorp Vault allowed an attacker to perform unauthenticated, unaudited cancellation of root rekey and recovery rekey operations, effecting a denial of service. ### Patches In OpenBao v2.2.2 and later, manually setting the configuration option `disable_unauthed_rekey_endpoints=true` allows an operator to deny these rarely-used endpoints on global listeners. In a future OpenBao release [communicated on our website](https://openbao.org/docs/deprecation/), we will set this to `true` for all users and provide an authenticated alternative. This vulnerability has been disclosed to HashiCorp; see their website for more information. ### Workarounds If an active proxy or load balancer sits in front of OpenBao, an operator can deny requests to these endpoints from unauthorized IP ranges. ### References See the [deprecation notice](https://openbao.org/docs/deprecation/unauthed-rekey/).

References

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