01 Record
CVE-2025-55001
OpenBao LDAP MFA Enforcement Bypass When Using Username As Alias
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score6.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
02 Description
OpenBao LDAP MFA Enforcement Bypass When Using Username As Alias
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 13.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2025-08-09 02:01Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-08-11 14:45Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-08-04
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-156Improper Neutralization of WhitespaceVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1093547ef05d1b72f13ebb041abe0ede4eedb62efed87b6a92a16e8bc7a9ccb4
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/openbao/openbao/security/advisories/GHSA-2q8q-8fgw-9p6p
- github.comhttps://github.com/openbao/openbao/commit/c52795c1ef746c7f2c510f9225aa8ccbbd44f9fc
- discuss.hashicorp.comhttps://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-20-vault-ldap-mfa-enforcement-bypass-when-using-username-as-alias/76092