CVE-2025-54999
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
OpenBao has a Timing Side-Channel in the Userpass Auth Method 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 — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → 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 | <0.0.0-20250806193356-4d9b5d3d6486 | 0.0.0-20250806193356-4d9b5d3d6486 |
| Go | github.com/openbao/openbao | >=0.1.0,<0.0.0-20250806193356-4d9b5d3d6486 | 0.0.0-20250806193356-4d9b5d3d6486 |
References
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/security/advisories/GHSA-hh28-h22f-8357
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54999
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6011
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/commit/4d9b5d3d6486ab9fbd5b644173fa0097015d6626
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-15-timing-side-channel-in-vault-s-userpass-auth-method/76034
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-21-vault-user-enumeration-in-userpass-auth-method/76095
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.