Bug 2459958 (CVE-2026-39396) - CVE-2026-39396 OpenBao: OpenBao: Denial of Service via decompression bomb in OCI plugin extraction
Summary: CVE-2026-39396 OpenBao: OpenBao: Denial of Service via decompression bomb in ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-39396
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2460058 2460059
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Reported: 2026-04-21 02:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-04-21 12:46 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-21 02:02:18 UTC
OpenBao is an open source identity-based secrets management system. Prior to version 2.5.3, `ExtractPluginFromImage()` in OpenBao's OCI plugin downloader extracts a plugin binary from a container image by streaming decompressed tar data via `io.Copy` with no upper bound on the number of bytes written. An attacker who controls or compromises the OCI registry referenced in the victim's configuration can serve a crafted image containing a decompression bomb that decompresses to an arbitrarily large file. The SHA256 integrity check occurs after the full file is written to disk, meaning the hash mismatch is detected only after the damage (disk exhaustion) has already occurred. This allow the attacker to replace **legit plugin image** with no need to change its signature. Version 2.5.3 contains a patch.


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