{"schema_version":"1.7.3","id":"GHSA-j3xv-7fxp-gfhx","published":"2025-08-08T14:38:54Z","modified":"2026-07-27T09:11:27.129915657Z","aliases":["BIT-openbao-2025-54998","CVE-2025-54998","GO-2025-3855"],"summary":"OpenBao Userpass and LDAP User Lockout Bypass","details":"### Impact\n\nAttackers could bypass the automatic user lockout mechanisms in the OpenBao Userpass or LDAP auth systems. This was caused by different aliasing between pre-flight and full login request user entity alias attributions. \n\n### Patches\n\nOpenBao v2.3.2 will patch this issue.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nExisting users may apply rate-limiting quotas on the authentication endpoints: https://openbao.org/api-docs/system/rate-limit-quotas/\n\n### References\n\nThis issue was disclosed to HashiCorp and is the OpenBao equivalent of the following tickets:\n\n- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-16-vault-userpass-and-ldap-user-lockout-bypass/76035\n- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6004","affected":[{"package":{"name":"github.com/openbao/openbao","ecosystem":"Go","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/openbao/openbao"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.1.0"},{"fixed":"2.3.2"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/08/GHSA-j3xv-7fxp-gfhx/GHSA-j3xv-7fxp-gfhx.json"}},{"package":{"name":"github.com/openbao/openbao","ecosystem":"Go","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/openbao/openbao"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.0.0-20250807212521-c52795c1ef74"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/08/GHSA-j3xv-7fxp-gfhx/GHSA-j3xv-7fxp-gfhx.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openbao/openbao/security/advisories/GHSA-j3xv-7fxp-gfhx"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54998"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6004"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openbao/openbao/commit/c52795c1ef746c7f2c510f9225aa8ccbbd44f9fc"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-16-vault-userpass-and-ldap-user-lockout-bypass/76035"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/openbao/openbao"}],"database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-307"],"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2025-08-08T14:38:54Z","nvd_published_at":"2025-08-09T03:15:46Z","severity":"MODERATE"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"}]}