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SCA: security update for github.com/openbao/openbao (GHSA-7q7g-x6vg-xpc3)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 439318

Description

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

 - OpenBao is an open source identity-based secrets management system. Prior to version 2.5.2, OpenBao does
 not prompt for user confirmation when logging in via JWT/OIDC and a role with `callback_mode` set to
 `direct`. This allows an attacker to start an authentication request and perform "remote phishing" by
 having the victim visit the URL and automatically log-in to the session of the attacker. Despite being
 based on the authorization code flow, the `direct` mode calls back directly to the API and allows an
 attacker to poll for an OpenBao token until it is issued. Version 2.5.2 includes an additional
 confirmation screen for `direct` type logins that requires manual user interaction in order to finish the
 authentication. This issue can be worked around either by removing any roles with `callback_mode=direct`
 or enforcing confirmation for every session on the token issuer side for the Client ID used by OpenBao.
 (CVE-2026-33757)

Solution

Update the github.com/openbao/openbao library and its related packages to version 0.0.0-20260325142553-e32103951925 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7q7g-x6vg-xpc3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 439318

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/27/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

Percentile: 96.89

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.7

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-33757

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-33757

cwe: CWE-384