What is CVE-2025-55001?

CVE-2025-55001 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openbao, classified under CWE-156. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-08-09.

How severe is CVE-2025-55001?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Openbao

CVE-2025-55001

OpenBao exists to provide a software solution to manage, store, and distribute sensitive data including secrets, certificates, and keys. In versions 2.3.1 and below, OpenBao allowed the assignment of policies and MFA attribution based upon…

EPSS: 0.001 (19.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Openbao — versions < 2.3.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-156

References

https://github.com/openbao/openbao/security/advisories/GHSA-2q8q-8fgw-9p6p (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/openbao/openbao/commit/c52795c1ef746c7f2c510f9225aa8ccbbd44f9fc (x_refsource_MISC)
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-20-vault-ldap-mfa-enforcement-bypass-when-using-username-as-alias/76092 (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-55001?: CVE-2025-55001 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openbao, classified under CWE-156. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-08-09.
How severe is CVE-2025-55001?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.