Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb
Published
2026-07-27 05:49
Modified
2026-09-08 08:34
Summary
OpenBao has Reflected XSS in its OIDC authentication error message
Details

OpenBao is an open source identity-based secrets management system. Prior to version 2.5.2, OpenBao installations that have an OIDC/JWT authentication method enabled and a role with callback_mode=direct configured are vulnerable to XSS via the error_description parameter on the page for a failed authentication. This allows an attacker access to the token used in the Web UI by a victim. The error_description parameter has been replaced with a static error message in v2.5.2. The vulnerability can be mitigated by removing any roles with callback_mode set to direct.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "openbao",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/openbao"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.5.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
          "type": "CVSS_V4"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-33758"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:openbao:openbao:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Critical"
  },
  "details": "OpenBao is an open source identity-based secrets management system. Prior to version 2.5.2, OpenBao installations that have an OIDC/JWT authentication method enabled and a role with `callback_mode=direct` configured are vulnerable to XSS via the  `error_description` parameter on the page for a failed authentication. This allows an attacker access to the token used in the Web UI by a victim. The `error_description` parameter has been replaced with a static error message in v2.5.2. The vulnerability can be mitigated by removing any roles with `callback_mode` set to `direct`.",
  "id": "BIT-openbao-2026-33758",
  "modified": "2026-09-08T08:34:36.952Z",
  "published": "2026-07-27T05:49:05.059Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33758"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452294"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/openbao/openbao/commit/6e2b2dd84f0e47cebc90d6e79609dd5274732662"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/openbao/openbao/pull/2709"
    },
    {
      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "https://github.com/openbao/openbao/releases/tag/v2.5.2"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/openbao/openbao/security/advisories/GHSA-cpj3-3r2f-xj59"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33758"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-33758.json"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.6.2",
  "summary": "OpenBao has Reflected XSS in its OIDC authentication error message"
}



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