๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-115361

MEDIUM 4.1

OpenBao before 2.6.3 ACL Bypass via Dropped Templated Policy Denial

CVSS Score
4.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

OpenBao before 2.6.3 contains an ACL bypass vulnerability that silently drops explicit deny rules based on forbidden identity metadata templates within wildcard grants. Attackers whose identity metadata contains wildcard or path segments can access paths that should be denied within the broader wildcard-granted scope.

CWE CWE-863
Vendor openbao
Product openbao
Published Oct 22, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Affected Versions

openbao / openbao
0 < 2.6.3

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/openbao/openbao/security/advisories/GHSA-hr5j-3j78-4vh2 vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openbao-before-2.6.3-acl-bypass-via-dropped-templated-policy-denial

Credits

๐Ÿ” zer0d4y5 cipherboy