CVE-2025-54997
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
Privileged OpenBao Operator May Execute Code on the Underlying Host in github.com/openbao/openbao
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or โ if you've already worked around this in production โ publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
โ Propose a mitigation on Community โ Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/openbao/openbao | >=0.1.0,<2.3.2 | 2.3.2 |
| Go | github.com/openbao/openbao | <0.0.0-20250806194004-a14053c9679d | 0.0.0-20250806194004-a14053c9679d |
| Go | github.com/openbao/openbao | >=0.1.0,<0.0.0-20250806194004-a14053c9679d | 0.0.0-20250806194004-a14053c9679d |
References
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/security/advisories/GHSA-xp75-r577-cvhp
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54997
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6000
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/pull/1634
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/commit/a14053c9679d6e9cf370f00cf933476cda6d84a2
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-14-privileged-vault-operator-may-execute-code-on-the-underlying-host/76033
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/releases/tag/v2.3.2
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.