FKIE_CVE-2026-55776
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-15 16:17 - Updated: 2026-09-15 16:17
Severity
Summary
OpenBao is an open source identity-based secrets management system. Prior to 2.5.5, an authenticated OpenBao caller with write access to transit/keys/* could terminate the server process by setting derived to true while the type parameter selected rsa-, ecdsa-, or ed25519. The Transit policy creation path in builtin/logical/transit/backend.go and sdk/helper/keysutil/policy.go could reach an error path that double-unlocked a mutex while handling this invalid asymmetric derived-key combination, causing a panic, no HTTP response, process exit, and denial of service. JSON and HCL key-creation requests can express the triggering combination. This issue is fixed in version 2.5.5.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
{
"affected": [
{
"affectedData": [
{
"product": "openbao",
"vendor": "openbao",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "\u003c 2.5.5"
}
]
}
],
"source": "security-advisories@github.com"
}
],
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "OpenBao is an open source identity-based secrets management system. Prior to 2.5.5, an authenticated OpenBao caller with write access to transit/keys/* could terminate the server process by setting derived to true while the type parameter selected rsa-, ecdsa-, or ed25519. The Transit policy creation path in builtin/logical/transit/backend.go and sdk/helper/keysutil/policy.go could reach an error path that double-unlocked a mutex while handling this invalid asymmetric derived-key combination, causing a panic, no HTTP response, process exit, and denial of service. JSON and HCL key-creation requests can express the triggering combination. This issue is fixed in version 2.5.5."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2026-55776",
"lastModified": "2026-09-15T16:17:16.220",
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV31": [
{
"cvssData": {
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
"baseScore": 6.5,
"baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
"confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
"integrityImpact": "NONE",
"privilegesRequired": "LOW",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"version": "3.1"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 2.8,
"impactScore": 3.6,
"source": "security-advisories@github.com",
"type": "Secondary"
}
]
},
"published": "2026-09-15T16:17:16.220",
"references": [
{
"source": "security-advisories@github.com",
"url": "https://github.com/openbao/openbao/commit/bb17827f3e33779a10166f7d0e61b191c0facef9"
},
{
"source": "security-advisories@github.com",
"url": "https://github.com/openbao/openbao/commit/db57c62602b25da12951f3f0edb888e7c4da61e5"
},
{
"source": "security-advisories@github.com",
"url": "https://github.com/openbao/openbao/pull/3309"
},
{
"source": "security-advisories@github.com",
"url": "https://github.com/openbao/openbao/pull/3312"
},
{
"source": "security-advisories@github.com",
"url": "https://github.com/openbao/openbao/releases/tag/v2.5.5"
},
{
"source": "security-advisories@github.com",
"url": "https://github.com/openbao/openbao/releases/tag/v2.6.0"
},
{
"source": "security-advisories@github.com",
"url": "https://github.com/openbao/openbao/security/advisories/GHSA-8w8f-r2xv-4q4j"
}
],
"sourceIdentifier": "security-advisories@github.com",
"vulnStatus": "Received",
"weaknesses": [
{
"description": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "CWE-617"
}
],
"source": "security-advisories@github.com",
"type": "Primary"
}
]
}
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