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🛡️ CVE-2026-46358 — openbao

🟡 CVSS 5.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-532 NVD
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CVSS Score
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Description

OpenBao's Inline Auth Incorrectly Redacted Headers in github.com/openbao/openbao

OpenBao's Inline Auth Incorrectly Redacted Headers in github.com/openbao/openbao.

NOTE: The source advisory for this report contains additional versions that could not be automatically mapped to standard Go module versions.

(If this is causing false-positive reports from vulnerability scanners, please suggest an edit to the report.)

The additional affected modules and versions are: github.com/openbao/openbao before v2.5.4.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Attack requirements: Present — the target has to be in a particular state for the attack to work.
  • Privileges required: High — administrative rights are needed first.
  • User interaction: Passive — a victim action is involved, but not a deliberate one.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-46358 is classified as CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. Sensitive values are written to logs, which are typically kept longer and read more widely than the data warrants.

Affected software

CVE-2026-46358 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • github.com/openbao/openbao
  • openbao
  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 28 May 2026 and last revised on 17 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

github.com/openbao/openbao has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File) in other software:

Details

Severity Medium
CVSS Score 5.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE CWE-532
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-05-28
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
github.com/openbao/openbao — —
openbao — —
unknown — —

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