Bug 2459948 (CVE-2026-39388) - CVE-2026-39388 OpenBao: OpenBao: Token renewal vulnerability via incorrect certificate matching in Certificate authentication.
Summary: CVE-2026-39388 OpenBao: OpenBao: Token renewal vulnerability via incorrect ce...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-39388
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2460056 2460057
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Reported: 2026-04-21 02:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-04-21 12:37 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-21 02:01:46 UTC
OpenBao is an open source identity-based secrets management system. Prior to version 2.5.3, OpenBao's Certificate authentication method, when a token renewal is requested and `disable_binding=true` is set, attempts to verify the current request's presented mTLS certificate matches the original. Token renewals for other authentication methods do not require any supplied login information. Due to incorrect matching, the certificate authentication method would allow renewal of tokens for which the attacker had a sibling certificate+key signed by the same CA, but which did not necessarily match the original role or the originally supplied certificate. This implies an attacker could still authenticate to OpenBao in a similar scope, however, token renewal implies that an attacker may be able to extend the lifetime of dynamic leases held by the original token. This attack requires knowledge of either the original token or its accessor. This vulnerability is original from HashiCorp Vault. This is addressed in v2.5.3. As a workaround, ensure privileged roles are tightly scoped to single certificates.


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