What is CVE-2025-59048?

CVE-2025-59048 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openbao Openbao-plugins, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2025-10-23.

How severe is CVE-2025-59048?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Openbao Openbao-plugins

CVE-2025-59048

OpenBao's AWS Plugin generates AWS access credentials based on IAM policies. Prior to version 0.1.1, the AWS Plugin is vulnerable to cross-account IAM role Impersonation in the AWS auth method. The vulnerability allows an IAM role from an…

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.000 (13.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Openbao Openbao-plugins — versions < 0.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

https://github.com/openbao/openbao-plugins/security/advisories/GHSA-jp7h-4f3c-9rc7 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/openbao/openbao-plugins/commit/2a77af36834746ca6d3ac9bd1049154c84b3efae (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-59048?: CVE-2025-59048 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openbao Openbao-plugins, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2025-10-23.
How severe is CVE-2025-59048?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.