cvedb.io
CVE-2025-55003
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.7
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2025-08-09T03:15:47.030 · Last modified 2026-06-17T09:41:05.757

Summary

OpenBao exists to provide a software solution to manage, store, and distribute sensitive data including secrets, certificates, and keys. In versions 2.3.1 and below, OpenBao's Login Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) system allows enforcing MFA using Time-based One Time Password (TOTP). Due to normalization applied by the underlying TOTP library, codes were accepted which could contain whitespace; this whitespace could bypass internal rate limiting of the MFA method and allow reuse of existing MFA codes. This issue was fixed in version 2.3.2. To work around this, use of rate-limiting quotas can limit an attacker's ability to exploit this: https://openbao.org/api-docs/system/rate-limit-quotas/.

Affected products

openbao — openbao

Does this affect you?

Add your gear to cvedb and we'll alert you only when openbao ships something exploited.

Check my exposure →

References

This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Informational only; not professional security advice.