---
id: CVE-2026-77285
title: OpenBao is an open source identity-based secrets management system
summary: >-
  OpenBao is an open source identity-based secrets management system. Prior to
  2.6.0, OpenBao Agent's exec rendering mode could write secrets from
  env_template to standard output when command/agent/exec/exec.go re-created the
  template runn…
severity: low
cvss: 2.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-532
vendor: openbao
product: openbao
affected:
  - openbao < 2.6.0
patched:
  - github.com/openbao/openbao 0.0.0-20260714163218-90272575e5f5
published: '2026-09-23'
updated: '2026-09-23'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-23T20:17:15.547'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77285'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/openbao/openbao/commit/90272575e5f58b3883fbb0ccb2238e9285722d1a
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/openbao/openbao/commit/ee3aa4aff72c5176cf02af21eac7158899080878
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/openbao/openbao/pull/3494'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/openbao/openbao/pull/3495'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/openbao/openbao/releases/tag/v2.6.0'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/openbao/openbao/security/advisories/GHSA-444v-8vxr-p36h'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-444v-8vxr-p36h'
  - url: 'https://github.com/openbao/openbao'
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-77285.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-77285'
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-77285'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - ghsa
  - go
  - osv
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
  - score-dispute
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-23T19:23:49.168615Z'
cvssSource: cna
aliases:
  - GHSA-444v-8vxr-p36h
ecosystem: go
ingestedAt: '2026-09-22T21:11:40.317Z'
scores:
  cna: 2.4
  vendor: 4.4
---

## Overview

OpenBao is an open source identity-based secrets management system. Prior to 2.6.0, OpenBao Agent's exec rendering mode could write secrets from env_template to standard output when command/agent/exec/exec.go re-created the template runner after repeated rendering failures, primarily after num_retries was reached. A process supervisor, log collector, or local user able to read that output could obtain the rendered secret values. This issue is fixed in version 2.6.0.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Package advisory (CVE-2026-77285)

Affected packages:

- `github.com/openbao/openbao < 0.0.0-20260714163218-90272575e5f5`
- `github.com/openbao/openbao >= 0.1.0, <= 1.1.5`

Patched in:

- `github.com/openbao/openbao 0.0.0-20260714163218-90272575e5f5`

Source: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-444v-8vxr-p36h

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · updated 2026-09-23 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-77285.json)