CVE-2026-45808
A remote, authenticated attacker can exploit a vulnerability in OpenBao to bypass security measures.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- OpenBao contains a vulnerability allowing authenticated users to bypass security measures.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of OpenBao with authenticated access are affected.
- Urgency
- Low priority; requires prior authentication to exploit.
- Action
- Update OpenBao to a patched version addressing CVE-2026-45808.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.31% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 23% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (2)
- low[UPDATE] [low] OpenBao: Vulnerability allows bypassing security measurescert-bund · 2026-08-10
- unknownCVE-2026-45808: OpenBao is an open source identity-based secrets management system. Prior to version 2.5.4, Op…nvd · 2026-08-07
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