Description
OpenBao before 2.6.4 and 2.7.x before 2.7.1 contains a flaw in its rate limit quota subsystem where role resolution fails for requests with form-encoded bodies or forwarded certificates, so quota rules scoped to backend-specific roles are not enforced. Valid callers can repeatedly issue tokens without consuming the configured role-based rate limit budget.
Published: 2026-10-22
Score: 6.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description OpenBao before 2.6.4 and 2.7.x before 2.7.1 contains a flaw in its rate limit quota subsystem where role resolution fails for requests with form-encoded bodies or forwarded certificates, so quota rules scoped to backend-specific roles are not enforced. Valid callers can repeatedly issue tokens without consuming the configured role-based rate limit budget.
Title OpenBao before 2.6.4 and 2.7.0 before 2.7.1 Role-Based Rate Limit Quota Bypass via Request Parsing
First Time appeared Openbao
Openbao openbao
Weaknesses CWE-799
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openbao:openbao:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Openbao
Openbao openbao
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-22T19:13:34.716Z

Reserved: 2026-10-22T11:21:20.778Z

Link: CVE-2026-115359

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No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-22T19:17:42.093

Modified: 2026-10-22T19:17:42.093

Link: CVE-2026-115359

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-23T04:00:12Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-799

    Improper Control of Interaction Frequency