{"schema_version":"1.7.5","id":"GHSA-prpj-rchp-9j5h","published":"2025-06-26T21:29:05Z","modified":"2026-07-27T09:11:31.305981048Z","aliases":["BIT-openbao-2025-52894","CVE-2025-52894","GO-2025-3783"],"summary":"OpenBao allows cancellation of root rekey and recovery rekey operations without authentication","details":"### Impact\n\nOpenBao and HashiCorp Vault allowed an attacker to perform unauthenticated, unaudited cancellation of root rekey and recovery rekey operations, effecting a denial of service.\n\n### Patches\n\nIn OpenBao v2.2.2 and later, manually setting the configuration option `disable_unauthed_rekey_endpoints=true` allows an operator to deny these rarely-used endpoints on global listeners.\n\nIn a future OpenBao release [communicated on our website](https://openbao.org/docs/deprecation/), we will set this to `true` for all users and provide an authenticated alternative.\n\nThis vulnerability has been disclosed to HashiCorp; see their website for more information. \n\n### Workarounds\n\nIf an active proxy or load balancer sits in front of OpenBao, an operator can deny requests to these endpoints from unauthorized IP ranges.\n\n### References\n\nSee the [deprecation notice](https://openbao.org/docs/deprecation/unauthed-rekey/).","affected":[{"package":{"name":"github.com/openbao/openbao","ecosystem":"Go","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/openbao/openbao"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.1.0"}]}],"database_specific":{"last_known_affected_version_range":"< 2.3.1","source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/06/GHSA-prpj-rchp-9j5h/GHSA-prpj-rchp-9j5h.json"}},{"package":{"name":"github.com/openbao/openbao","ecosystem":"Go","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/openbao/openbao"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.0.0-20250625150133-fe75468822a2"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/06/GHSA-prpj-rchp-9j5h/GHSA-prpj-rchp-9j5h.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openbao/openbao/security/advisories/GHSA-prpj-rchp-9j5h"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52894"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openbao/openbao/commit/fe75468822a22a88318c6079425357a02ae5b77b"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/openbao/openbao"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openbao/openbao/releases/tag/v2.3.1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://openbao.org/docs/deprecation"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://openbao.org/docs/deprecation/unauthed-rekey"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3783"}],"database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-20","CWE-306"],"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2025-06-26T21:29:05Z","nvd_published_at":"2025-06-25T17:15:39Z","severity":"MODERATE"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}]}