Vulnerabilities

Security fix · CVE-2025-52894

OpenBao exists to provide a software solution to manage, store, and distribute sensitive data including secrets, certificates, and keys.

Published Jun 25, 2025 · catalog updated Jun 25, 2025 · OpenBao exists to provide

Check this week

CVE-2025-52894 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 40.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run OpenBao exists to provide.

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  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (OpenBao exists to provide).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.9
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
40.00%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor openbao openbao < 2.2.2

OpenBao exists to provide a software solution to manage, store, and distribute sensitive data including secrets, certificates, and keys. OpenBao before v2.3.0 allowed an attacker to perform unauthenticated, unaudited cancellation of root rekey and recovery rekey operations, effecting a denial of service. In OpenBao v2.2.0 and later, manually setting the configuration option allows an operator to deny these rarely-used endpoints on global listeners. A patch is available at commit fe75468822a22a88318c6079425357a02ae5b77b. In a future OpenBao release communicated on OpenBao's website, the maintai

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  • vendor openbao openbao < 2.2.2< 2.2.2

How to fix CVE-2025-52894

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-52894 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 40.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run OpenBao exists to provide.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with openbao openbao < 2.2.2 < 2.2.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 40.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 25, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    OpenBao exists to provide a software solution to manage, store, and distribute sensitive data including secrets, certificates, and keys. OpenBao before v2.3.0 allowed an attacker to perform unauthenticated, unaudited cancellation of root rekey and recovery rekey operations, effecting a denial of service. In OpenBao v2.2.0 and later, manually setting the configuration option allows an operator to d

  2. Jun 25, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    OpenBao exists to provide a software solution to manage, store, and distribute sensitive data including secrets, certificates, and keys. OpenBao before v2.3.0 allowed an attacker to perform unauthenticated, unaudited cancellation of root rekey and recovery rekey operations, effecting a denial of service. In OpenBao v2.2.0 and later, manually setting the configuration option allows an operator to d

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-52894

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-19111

    OpenBao exists to provide a software solution to manage, store, and distribute sensitive data including secrets, certificates, and keys. OpenBao before v2.3.0 allowed an attacker to perform unauthenticated, unaudited cancellation of root rekey and recovery rekey operations, effec

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Jun 25, 2025. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.