CVE-2026-55776
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 6.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.61%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 47
- Fecha de la puntuación: 4/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
CWE
- CWE-617
Referencias
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/commit/bb17827f3e33779a10166f7d0e61b191c0facef9
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/commit/db57c62602b25da12951f3f0edb888e7c4da61e5
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/pull/3309
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/pull/3312
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/releases/tag/v2.5.5
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/releases/tag/v2.6.0
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/security/advisories/GHSA-8w8f-r2xv-4q4j
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/security/advisories/GHSA-8w8f-r2xv-4q4j
JSON original (NVD)
Mostrar
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