CVE-2026-115365
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
OpenBao from 2.3.0 before 2.6.3 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability in its ACL policy cache that allows tokens to reference policies from arbitrary namespaces using specially crafted policy names. Attackers holding such tokens can gain capabilities of cached policies in other namespaces, including the root namespace, to act across namespace boundaries.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.5
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-22 19:17:42.953000
Last modified
2026-10-23 14:20:57.920000
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"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-10-22T19:17:42.953",
"lastModified": "2026-10-23T14:20:57.920",
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"source": "[email protected]",
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