# CVE-2025-64761: GO-2025-4156 - OpenBao is Vulnerable to Privileged Operator Identity Group Root Escalation in github.com/openbao/openbao

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-64761-openbao-is-vulnerable-to-privileged-operator-identity-group-root  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-11-25  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-64761 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.2 · Published 2025-11-25

OpenBao is an open source identity-based secrets management system. Prior to version 2.4.4, a privileged operator could use the identity group subsystem to add a root policy to a group identity group, escalating their or another user's permissions in the system. Specifically this is an issue when: an operator in the root namespace has access to identity/groups endpoints and an operator does not have policy access. Otherwise, an operator with policy access could create or modify an existing policy to grant root-equivalent permissions through the sudo capability. This issue has been patched in version 2.4.4.

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

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-64761 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-64761 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-64761?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.2, published 25 November 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** github.com/openbao/openbao (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0, SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=2.4.4.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-64761?** Yes. github.com/openbao/openbao (Go): upgrade to 2.4.4 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-64761?** Check whether you run github.com/openbao/openbao (Go) or OpenBao 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 2.4.4 or later

  ```sh
  go get github.com/openbao/openbao@v2.4.4
  ```


## Affected products

- github.com/openbao/openbao (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0, SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=2.4.4
- OpenBao

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-64761
- GHSA-7ff4-jw48-3436
- GO-2025-4156

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