GHSA-rc54-2g2c-g36g — openbao
Fix: openbao/openbao@cc2c476GHSA-rc54-2g2c-g36g is a CWE-532 vulnerability in github.com/openbao/openbao. A fix is available for github.com/openbao/openbao — see the affected versions and patch details below.
OpenBao and Vault Leak []byte Fields in Audit Logs
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-rc54-2g2c-g36g.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
Real-World Exposure
github.com/openbao/openbaoReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Go packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Impact
OpenBao's audit log did not appropriately redact fields when relevant subsystems sent []byte response parameters rather than strings. This includes, but is not limited to:
sys/rawwith use ofencoding=base64, all data would be emitted unredacted to the audit log.- Transit, when performing a signing operation with a derived Ed25519 key, would emit public keys to the audit log.
Third-party plugins may be affected.
This issue has been present since HashiCorp Vault and continues to impact Vault as of v1.20.4.
Patches
OpenBao v2.4.2 will patch this issue.
Workarounds
If users do not use the above functionality, they are not impacted. To prohibit the use of sys/raw globally, ensure raw_storage_endpoint=false is set or missing from the server configuration.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐹Go | github.com/openbao/openbao | all versions | 0.0.0-20251022165510-cc2c476bac66go get github.com/openbao/openbao@v0.0.0-20251022165510-cc2c476bac66 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/openbao/openbao, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update github.com/openbao/openbao to 0.0.0-20251022165510-cc2c476bac66 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-rc54-2g2c-g36g is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-rc54-2g2c-g36g can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-rc54-2g2c-g36g. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-rc54-2g2c-g36g in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-rc54-2g2c-g36g across Go dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.