# CVE-2025-54998: GO-2025-3855 - OpenBao Userpass and LDAP User Lockout Bypass in github.com/openbao/openbao

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-54998-openbao-userpass-and-ldap-user-lockout-bypass  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-08-11  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-54998 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-08-11

OpenBao Userpass and LDAP User Lockout Bypass in github.com/openbao/openbao

Technologies: [github.com/openbao/openbao (Go)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/github-com-openbao-openbao). Vendors: [Go](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/go).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-54998 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-54998 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-54998?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 11 August 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** github.com/openbao/openbao (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=0.0.0-20250807212521-c52795c1ef74,introduced=0.1.0, SEMVER:introduced=0.1.0,fixed=2.3.2.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-54998?** Yes. github.com/openbao/openbao (Go): upgrade to 0.0.0-20250807212521-c52795c1ef74, 2.3.2 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-54998?** Check whether you run github.com/openbao/openbao (Go) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- github.com/openbao/openbao (Go): upgrade to 0.0.0-20250807212521-c52795c1ef74, 2.3.2 or later

  ```sh
  go get github.com/openbao/openbao@v2.3.2
  ```


## Affected products

- github.com/openbao/openbao (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=0.0.0-20250807212521-c52795c1ef74,introduced=0.1.0, SEMVER:introduced=0.1.0,fixed=2.3.2

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-54998
- GHSA-j3xv-7fxp-gfhx
- GO-2025-3855

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