๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-126310

HIGH 8.7

OpenBao before 2.6.5 and 2.7.2 OIDC Provider Authentication Bypass via Client Credentials

CVSS Score
8.7
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

OpenBao before 2.6.5 and 2.7.2 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated callers to obtain OIDC ID tokens by abusing public clients with client_credentials enabled. Attackers who know a public client's client_id can request tokens from the identity/oidc/provider/<name>/token endpoint to impersonate the client without any secret.

CWE CWE-287
Vendor openbao
Product openbao
Published Nov 13, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Affected Versions

openbao / openbao
0 < 2.6.5 2.7.0 < 2.7.2

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/openbao/openbao/security/advisories/GHSA-q824-44ff-f5j5 vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openbao-before-2.6.5-and-2.7.2-oidc-provider-authentication-bypass-via-client-credentials

Credits

๐Ÿ” datosh cipherboy