OpenBao: Cross-namespace lease revocation/renewal via canonical sys/leases/{revoke,renew} — incomplete fix of CVE-2026-45808
Summary
OpenBao users with access to the sys/leases/revoke/:lease_id endpoint in any namespace can revoke leases in any other namespace as long as the lease identifier is known to them, bypassing ACLs that should apply for cross-namespace revocations.
Impact
OpenBao's namespaces provide multi-tenant separation. A tenant who intentionally leaks lease identifiers can have their lease and underlying credential revoked by a user in another tenant.
Patch
This will be fixed in OpenBao v2.5.5.
References
This vulnerability is similar to but distinct from:
- CVE-2026-45808 / GHSA-v8v8-cm84-m686
- CVE-2026-40264 / GHSA-p49j-v9wc-wg57