CVE-2026-39396
Published:April 21, 2026
Updated:April 23, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/openbao/openbao.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v2.0.0-alpha20240329 <v2.5.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.5.3github.com/openbao/openbao (GO):
Affected version(s) >=api/auth/approle/v0.1.0 <2.5.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.5.3Additional Notes
The description of this vulnerability differs from MITRE.
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
2.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
3.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Weakness Type (CWE)
EPSS
Base Score:
0.03