CVE-2025-54999
LOWOpenBao 0.1.0-2.3.1 - User Enumeration via Userpass Auth Timing Side Channel
Title source: llmDescription
OpenBao exists to provide a software solution to manage, store, and distribute sensitive data including secrets, certificates, and keys. In versions 0.1.0 through 2.3.1, when using OpenBao's userpass auth method, user enumeration was possible due to timing difference between non-existent users and users with stored credentials. This is independent of whether the supplied credentials were valid for the given user. This issue was fixed in version 2.3.2. To work around this issue, users may use another auth method or apply rate limiting quotas to limit the number of requests in a period of time: https://openbao.org/api-docs/system/rate-limit-quotas/.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/openbao/openbao/security/advisories/GHSA-hh28-h22f-8357
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/openbao/openbao/commit/4d9b5d3d6486ab9fbd5b644173fa0097015d6626
Not Applicable x_refsource_misc
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-15-timing-side-channel-in-vault-s-userpass-auth-method/76034
Not Applicable x_refsource_misc
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-21-vault-user-enumeration-in-userpass-auth-method/76095
Scores
CVSS v3
3.7
EPSS
0.0018
EPSS Percentile
7.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-203
Status
published
Products (2)
openbao/openbao
< 2.3.2
openbao/openbao
0.1.0 - 2.3.2Go
Published
Aug 09, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026