# CVE-2025-55000: OpenBao TOTP Secrets Engine Enables Code Reuse

- Also known as: GO-2025-3853, BIT-OPENBAO-2025-55000, GHSA-F7C3-MHJ2-9PVG
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.3.2, 0.0.0-20250806193153-183891f8d535
- Published: 2025-08-09 · Updated: 2025-08-11

## Affected

- openbao: from 0.1.0, fixed in 2.3.2
- github.com/openbao/openbao (Go): fixed in 0.0.0-20250806193153-183891f8d535; from 0.1.0
- github.com/openbao/openbao (Go): from 0.1.0, fixed in 2.3.2
- github.com/openbao/openbao (Go): fixed in 0.0.0-20250806193153-183891f8d535

## Description

OpenBao exists to provide a software solution to manage, store, and distribute sensitive data including secrets, certificates, and keys. In versions 0.1.0 through 2.3.1, OpenBao's TOTP secrets engine could accept valid codes multiple times rather than strictly-once. This was caused by unexpected normalization in the underlying TOTP library. To work around, ensure that all codes are first normalized before submitting to the OpenBao endpoint. TOTP code verification is a privileged action; only trusted systems should be verifying codes.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on openbao, github.com/openbao/openbao, upgrade to a fixed version (2.3.2, 0.0.0-20250806193153-183891f8d535) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/security/advisories/GHSA-f7c3-mhj2-9pvg
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/commit/183891f8d535d5b6eb3d79fda8200cade6de99e1
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-17-vault-totp-secrets-engine-code-reuse/76036

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