CVE-2026-33758 PUBLISHED

OpenBao has Reflected XSS in its OIDC authentication error message

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 23.03.2026 Published: 27.03.2026 Updated: 27.03.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: 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
CVSS Score: 9.4

Product Status

Vendor openbao
Product openbao
Versions
  • Version < 2.5.2 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation CWE
  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE
  • CWE-116: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output CWE