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Security fix · CVE-2025-64761

OpenBao is an open source identity-based secrets management system.

Published Nov 25, 2025 · catalog updated Feb 26, 2026 · OpenBao is an open

Last checked Nov 5, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-64761. EPSS is 0.39%. Act only if a listed version of OpenBao is an open is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (OpenBao is an open).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
High7.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.39%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor openbao openbao < 2.4.4

OpenBao is an open source identity-based secrets management system. Prior to version 2.4.4, a privileged operator could use the identity group subsystem to add a root policy to a group identity group, escalating their or another user's permissions in the system. Specifically this is an issue when: an operator in the root namespace has access to identity/groups endpoints and an operator does not have policy access. Otherwise, an operator with policy access could create or modify an existing policy to grant root-equivalent permissions through the sudo capability. This issue has been patched in v

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor openbao openbao < 2.4.4< 2.4.4

How to fix CVE-2025-64761

What to do

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

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-64761. EPSS is 0.39%. Act only if a listed version of OpenBao is an open is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with openbao openbao < 2.4.4 < 2.4.4. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.39%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 25, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    OpenBao is an open source identity-based secrets management system. Prior to version 2.4.4, a privileged operator could use the identity group subsystem to add a root policy to a group identity group, escalating their or another user's permissions in the system. Specifically this is an issue when: an operator in the root namespace has access to identity/groups endpoints and an operator does not ha

  2. Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    OpenBao is an open source identity-based secrets management system. Prior to version 2.4.4, a privileged operator could use the identity group subsystem to add a root policy to a group identity group, escalating their or another user's permissions in the system. Specifically this is an issue when: an operator in the root namespace has access to identity/groups endpoints and an operator does not ha

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-64761

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-64761

    30-day exploitation probability 0.39%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-198991

    OpenBao is an open source identity-based secrets management system. Prior to version 2.4.4, a privileged operator could use the identity group subsystem to add a root policy to a group identity group, escalating their or another user's permissions in the system. Specifically this

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 5, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSNov 5, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 27, 2026
  • EUVDOct 26, 2026