Incorrect Authorization Affecting github.com/openbao/openbao/v2/internal/vault/policy package, versions >=2.3.0 <2.6.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMOPENBAOOPENBAOV2INTERNALVAULTPOLICY-21692428
  • published24 Oct 2026
  • disclosed22 Oct 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-115365  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/openbao/openbao/v2/internal/vault/policy to version 2.6.3 or higher.

Overview

github.com/openbao/openbao/v2/internal/vault/policy is a None

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization. via the policy cache authorization process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to capabilities in other namespaces, including the root namespace, by using specially crafted policy names in tokens.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1