Description
OpenBao exists to provide a software solution to manage, store, and distribute sensitive data including secrets, certificates, and keys. In versions 0.1.0 through 2.3.1, when using OpenBao's userpass auth method, user enumeration was possible due to timing difference between non-existent users and users with stored credentials. This is independent of whether the supplied credentials were valid for the given user. This issue was fixed in version 2.3.2. To work around this issue, users may use another auth method or apply rate limiting quotas to limit the number of requests in a period of time: https://openbao.org/api-docs/system/rate-limit-quotas/.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| openbao | openbao | >= 0.1.0, < 2.3.2 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 15 SP6 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20250814T182633-150000.1.98.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:02912-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20250811T192933-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2025:15434-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20250814T182633-150000.1.98.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:02912-1 |
Alpine
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.24 | openbao | 2.3.2-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.23 | openbao | 2.3.2-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.22 | openbao | 2.3.2-r0 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/openbao/openbao | >= 0.1.0, < 2.3.2 | 2.3.2 | GHSA-hh28-h22f-8357 |
| Go | github.com/openbao/openbao | < 0.0.0-20250806193356-4d9b5d3d6486 | 0.0.0-20250806193356-4d9b5d3d6486 | GHSA-hh28-h22f-8357 |
| Go | github.com/openbao/openbao | < 0.0.0-20250806193356-4d9b5d3d6486 · >= 0.1.0 | 0.0.0-20250806193356-4d9b5d3d6486 | GO-2025-3854 |
Advisories 3
- openSUSE-SU-2025:15434-1 govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250811T192933-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2025:02912-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
- WID-SEC-2025-1855 OpenBao: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Aug 19, 2025
References
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/security/advisories/GHSA-hh28-h22f-8357
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/commit/4d9b5d3d6486ab9fbd5b644173fa0097015d6626
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-15-timing-side-channel-in-vault-s-userpass-auth-method/76034
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-21-vault-user-enumeration-in-userpass-auth-method/76095