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Medium · 6.6 CVE-2026-115365 EUVD-2026-108290GHSA-w7x3-3wf8-3w6w

OpenBao 2.3.0 before 2.6.3 Incorrect Authorization via Policy Cache Namespace Traversal

Published Oct 22, 2026 · Updated Nov 4, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

OpenBao from 2.3.0 before 2.6.3 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability in its ACL policy cache that allows tokens to reference policies from arbitrary namespaces using specially crafted policy names. Attackers holding such tokens can gain capabilities of cached policies in other namespaces, including the root namespace, to act across namespace boundaries.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
openbao openbao 2.3.0 – < 2.6.3 2.6.3

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