CVE-2026-39396

OpenBao has Decompression Bomb via Unbounded Copy in OCI Plugin Extraction (DoS)

Published Apr 21, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 3.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
OpenBao is an open source identity-based secrets management system. Prior to version 2.5.3, `ExtractPluginFromImage()` in OpenBao's OCI plugin downloader extracts a plugin binary from a container image by streaming decompressed tar data via `io.Copy` with no upper bound on the number of bytes written. An attacker who controls or compromises the OCI registry referenced in the victim's configuration can serve a crafted image containing a decompression bomb that decompresses to an arbitrarily large file. The SHA256 integrity check occurs after the full file is written to disk, meaning the hash mismatch is detected only after the damage (disk exhaustion) has already occurred. This allow the attacker to replace **legit plugin image** with no need to change its signature. Version 2.5.3 contains a patch.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-r65v-xgwc-g56j OpenBao: Decompression Bomb via Unbounded Copy in OCI Plugin Extraction (DoS)
History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openbao:openbao:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Openbao
Openbao openbao
Vendors & Products Openbao
Openbao openbao
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Description OpenBao is an open source identity-based secrets management system. Prior to version 2.5.3, `ExtractPluginFromImage()` in OpenBao's OCI plugin downloader extracts a plugin binary from a container image by streaming decompressed tar data via `io.Copy` with no upper bound on the number of bytes written. An attacker who controls or compromises the OCI registry referenced in the victim's configuration can serve a crafted image containing a decompression bomb that decompresses to an arbitrarily large file. The SHA256 integrity check occurs after the full file is written to disk, meaning the hash mismatch is detected only after the damage (disk exhaustion) has already occurred. This allow the attacker to replace **legit plugin image** with no need to change its signature. Version 2.5.3 contains a patch.
Title OpenBao has Decompression Bomb via Unbounded Copy in OCI Plugin Extraction (DoS)
Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-674
CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Apr 21, 2026, 7:49 PM
Reserved
Apr 6, 2026, 10:06 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 21, 2026, 1:16 AM
Modified
Nov 11, 2026, 11:10 PM