CVE-2026-33757OpenBao lacks user confirmation for OIDC direct callback mode
- 9.6CriticalCVSS base score
- 0.43%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 62% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
OpenBao is an open source identity-based secrets management system. Prior to version 2.5.2, OpenBao does not prompt for user confirmation when logging in via JWT/OIDC and a role with `callback_mode` set to `direct`. This allows an attacker to start an authentication request and perform "remote phishing" by having the victim visit the URL and automatically log-in to the session of the attacker. Despite being based on the authorization code flow, the `direct` mode calls back directly to the API and allows an attacker to poll for an OpenBao token until it is issued. Version 2.5.2 includes an additional confirmation screen for `direct` type logins that requires manual user interaction in order to finish the authentication. This issue can be worked around either by removing any roles with `callback_mode=direct` or enforcing confirmation for every session on the token issuer side for the Client ID used by OpenBao.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Published
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical9.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L |
| redhat-SADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 62% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.6.
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gogithub.com/openbao/openbaoGHSA-7q7g-x6vg-xpc3 (opens in a new tab)
References
References6
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/security/advisories/GHSA-7q7g-x6vg-xpc3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/commit/e32103951925723e9787e33886ab6b6ec20f4964 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8628#section-5.4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33757 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2452269 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-33757.json (opens in a new tab)x_sadp-csaf-vex
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-16624 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-7q7g-x6vg-xpc3 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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