{"schema_version":"1.7.3","id":"GHSA-7ff4-jw48-3436","published":"2025-11-24T21:51:18Z","modified":"2026-07-27T09:11:29.745312378Z","aliases":["BIT-openbao-2025-64761","CVE-2025-64761","GO-2025-4156"],"summary":"OpenBao is Vulnerable to Privileged Operator Identity Group Root Escalation","details":"### Impact\n\nSimilar to HCSEC-2025-13 / CVE-2025-5999, a privileged operator could use the identity group subsystem to add a root policy to a group identity group, escalating their or another user's permissions in the system. Specifically this is an issue when:\n\n1. An operator in the root namespace has access to `identity/groups` endpoints.\n2. An operator does not have policy access.\n\nOtherwise, an operator with policy access could create or modify an existing policy to grant root-equivalent permissions through the `sudo` capability.\n\n### Patches\n\nPatched in version 2.4.4. \n\n### Workarounds\n\nUsers should audit the use of identity subsystem and deny operators access if it is not in use.","affected":[{"package":{"name":"github.com/openbao/openbao","ecosystem":"Go","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/openbao/openbao"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.4"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/11/GHSA-7ff4-jw48-3436/GHSA-7ff4-jw48-3436.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openbao/openbao/security/advisories/GHSA-7ff4-jw48-3436"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64761"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openbao/openbao/pull/2143"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openbao/openbao/commit/16bb0ccd37a502930a289d434cbe4e7b4edd66e5"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openbao/openbao/commit/747a1378c2756f86296ad9450f74f6faeecc2eb7"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/openbao/openbao"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openbao/openbao/releases/tag/v2.4.4"}],"database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-266","CWE-269"],"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2025-11-24T21:51:18Z","nvd_published_at":"2025-11-25T01:15:46Z","severity":"HIGH"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}]}