Fedora 42 OpenBao 2.5.2 Key Fixes for XSS and User Confirmation Issues
fedora
April 3, 2026
Update to upstream 2.5.2, including fixes for CVE-2026-33757 and CVE-2026-33758
Summary
Openbao secures, stores, and tightly controls access to tokens, passwords,
certificates, API keys, and other secrets in modern computing. Openbao handles
leasing, key revocation, key rolling, and auditing. Through a unified API, users
can access an encrypted Key/Value store and network encryption-as-a-service, or
generate AWS IAM/STS credentials, SQL/NoSQL databases, X.509 certificates, SSH
credentials, and more.
Update Information:
Update to upstream 2.5.2, including fixes for CVE-2026-33757 and CVE-2026-33758
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Wed Mar 25 2026 Dave Dykstra <2129743+DrDaveD@users.noreply.github.com> - 2.5.2-1 - update to upstream 2.5.2
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2452352 - CVE-2026-33757 openbao: lack of user confirmation for OpenBao OIDC direct callback mode [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452352
[ 2 ] Bug #2452355 - CVE-2026-33758 openbao: reflected XSS in OpenBao OIDC authentication error message [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452355
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-fba501f889' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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Name: openbao
Product: Fedora 42
Version: 2.5.2
Release: 1.fc42
URL: https://openbao.org
Summary: A tool for securely accessing secrets
Topics Covered
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