# CVE-2026-55770: OpenBao: LDAPi ldaputil (wrong escape func)

- Also known as: GHSA-6MWX-4547-5VC9, BIT-OPENBAO-2026-55770, GO-2026-5182
- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.5.5, 0.0.0-20260617104213-10b7825c714c
- Published: 2026-09-15 · Updated: 2026-09-17

## Affected

- openbao: fixed in 2.5.5
- github.com/openbao/openbao (Go): from 0.1.0, through 2.5.4
- github.com/openbao/openbao (Go): fixed in 0.0.0-20260617104213-10b7825c714c
- github.com/openbao/openbao (Go): fixed in 0.0.0-20260617104213-10b7825c714c; from 0.1.0

## Description

OpenBao is an open source identity-based secrets management system. Prior to 2.5.5, OpenBao used EscapeLDAPValue, an RFC 4514 distinguished-name escaping function, where RFC 4515 LDAP search-filter escaping was required in sdk/helper/ldaputil/client.go GetUserDN. With the LDAP authentication backend configured for an Active Directory UPNDomain path or UserDN and UserAttr binding, an attacker-controlled username containing filter metacharacters could alter the search predicate and select a different directory entry because EscapeLDAPValue does not neutralize the characters handled by ldap.EscapeFilter. A resulting token could be associated with another LDAP identity and gain access to secrets, policies, or modification capabilities assigned to that identity. This issue is fixed in version 2.5.5.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on openbao, github.com/openbao/openbao, upgrade to a fixed version (2.5.5, 0.0.0-20260617104213-10b7825c714c) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/security/advisories/GHSA-6mwx-4547-5vc9
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/pull/3306
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/pull/3313
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/commit/10b7825c714c1ef25b6c3c1c2cd6ecd8747c0659
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/commit/8077f96bdc02137b0a072146b6f9ca11c96c549c
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/releases/tag/v2.5.5
- https://github.com/openbao/openbao/releases/tag/v2.6.0

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