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SCA: security update for github.com/openbao/openbao-plugins (GHSA-jp7h-4f3c-9rc7)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 435762

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - OpenBao's AWS Plugin generates AWS access credentials based on IAM policies. Prior to version 0.1.1, the
 AWS Plugin is vulnerable to cross-account IAM role Impersonation in the AWS auth method. The vulnerability
 allows an IAM role from an untrusted AWS account to authenticate by impersonating a role with the same
 name in a trusted account, leading to unauthorized access. This impacts all users of the auth-aws plugin
 who operate in a multi-account AWS environment where IAM role names may not be unique across accounts.
 This vulnerability has been patched in version 0.1.1 of the auth-aws plugin. A workaround for this issue
 involves guaranteeing that IAM role names are unique across all AWS accounts that could potentially
 interact with your OpenBao environment, and to audit for any duplicate IAM roles. (CVE-2025-59048)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jp7h-4f3c-9rc7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 435762

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.23

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-59048

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/23/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-59048