OpenBao allows cancellation of root rekey and recovery rekey operations without authentication
### Impact OpenBao and HashiCorp Vault allowed an attacker to perform unauthenticated, unaudited cancellation of root rekey and recovery rekey operations, effecting a denial of service. ### Patches In OpenBao v2.2.2 and later, manually setting the configuration option `disable_unauthed_rekey_endpoints=true` allows an operator to deny these rarely-used endpoints on global listeners. In a future OpenBao release [communicated on our website](https://openbao.org/docs/deprecation/), we will set this to `true` for all users and provide an authenticated alternative. This vulnerability has been disclosed to HashiCorp; see their website for more information. ### Workarounds If an active proxy or load balancer sits in front of OpenBao, an operator can deny requests to these endpoints from unauthorized IP ranges. ### References See the [deprecation notice](https://openbao.org/docs/deprecation/unauthed-rekey/).
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-52894US | high7.5OT elevated | — | ||
OpenBao exists to provide a software solution to manage, store, and distribute sensitive data including secrets, certificates, and keys. OpenBao before v2.3.0 allowed an attacker t… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/openbao/openbaoPACKAGE
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/commit/fe75468822a22a88318c6079425357a02ae5b77bWEB
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/releases/tag/v2.3.1WEB
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/security/advisories/GHSA-prpj-rchp-9j5hWEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52894ADVISORY
- https://openbao.org/docs/deprecationWEB
- https://openbao.org/docs/deprecation/unauthed-rekeyWEB
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3783WEB
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