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High · 8.7 CVE-2026-126310 EUVD-2026-125210GHSA-j3xj-r26p-rh3h

OpenBao before 2.6.5 and 2.7.2 OIDC Provider Authentication Bypass via Client Credentials

Published Nov 13, 2026 · Updated Nov 13, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

OpenBao before 2.6.5 and 2.7.2 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated callers to obtain OIDC ID tokens by abusing public clients with client_credentials enabled. Attackers who know a public client's client_id can request tokens from the identity/oidc/provider/<name>/token endpoint to impersonate the client without any secret.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
openbao openbao < 2.6.5, 2.7.0 – < 2.7.2 2.6.5

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