#VU117701 Resource exhaustion in OpenBao - CVE-2025-59043
Published: October 28, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU117701
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-59043
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OpenBao
OpenBao
Software vendor:
OpenBao
OpenBao
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when decoding JSON objects. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/blob/788536bd3e10818a7b4fb00aac6affc23388e5a9/http/logical.go#L50
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/commit/d418f238bc99adc72c73109faf574cc2b672880c
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/pull/1756
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/security/advisories/GHSA-g46h-2rq9-gw5m