OpenBao exists to provide a software solution to manage, store, and distribute sensitive data including secrets, certificates, and keys. In versions 2.3.1 and below, OpenBao allowed the assignment of policies and MFA attribution based upon entity aliases, chosen by the underlying auth method. When the username_as_alias=true parameter in the LDAP auth method was in use, the caller-supplied username was used verbatim without normalization, allowing an attacker to bypass alias-specific MFA requirements. This issue was fixed in version 2.3.2. To work around this, remove all usage of the username_as_alias=true parameter and update any entity aliases accordingly.
                
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                    Tue, 12 Aug 2025 20:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
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| First Time appeared | Openbao Openbao openbao | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:openbao:openbao:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products | Openbao Openbao openbao | 
Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
|---|---|---|
| First Time appeared | Openbao Project Openbao Project openbao | |
| Vendors & Products | Openbao Project Openbao Project openbao | 
Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
|---|---|---|
| Metrics | ssvc 
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Sat, 09 Aug 2025 02:30:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
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| Description | OpenBao exists to provide a software solution to manage, store, and distribute sensitive data including secrets, certificates, and keys. In versions 2.3.1 and below, OpenBao allowed the assignment of policies and MFA attribution based upon entity aliases, chosen by the underlying auth method. When the username_as_alias=true parameter in the LDAP auth method was in use, the caller-supplied username was used verbatim without normalization, allowing an attacker to bypass alias-specific MFA requirements. This issue was fixed in version 2.3.2. To work around this, remove all usage of the username_as_alias=true parameter and update any entity aliases accordingly. | |
| Title | OpenBao LDAP MFA Enforcement Bypass When Using Username As Alias | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-156 | |
| References |  | |
| Metrics | cvssV3_1 
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2025-08-09T02:01:29.056Z
Updated: 2025-08-11T14:45:37.326Z
Reserved: 2025-08-04T17:34:24.421Z
Link: CVE-2025-55001
 Vulnrichment
                        Vulnrichment
                    Updated: 2025-08-11T14:45:26.099Z
 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-08-09T03:15:46.887
Modified: 2025-08-12T20:44:04.173
Link: CVE-2025-55001
 Redhat
                        Redhat
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