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Fedora 43 openbao Security Fix Advisory 2026

Linuxsecurity •LinuxSecurity Advisories • August 27, 2026

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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 to upstream 2.6.2, including security fixes for GHSA-rh46-vc3j-w2w3 and GHSA-g892-p242-8g86.

* Tue Aug 18 2026 Dave Dykstra - 2.6.2-1 - update to 2.6.2

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2026-ba51600ab3 2026-08-27 01:10:36.944540+00:00 Name : openbao Product : Fedora 43 Version : 2.6.2 Release : 1.fc43 URL : Summary : A tool for securely accessing secrets Description : 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.

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-ba51600ab3' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

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Security Update for Fedora Openbao 2.6.2 Addresses Critical Vulnerabilities On August 27, 2026, Fedora released security advisories for Openbao version 2.6.2, addressing vulnerabilities GHSA-rh46-vc3j-w2w3 and GHSA-g892-p242-8g86. Openbao, a tool for securely managing secrets such as tokens and passwords, is affected in both Fedora 43 and Fedora 44. The vulnerabilities could potentially expose sensitive data if not patched. Users are urged to update to version 2.6.2 to mitigate risks. The updates were made available on August 18, 2026, and can be installed using the 'dnf' package manager. The advisory emphasizes the importance of maintaining up-to-date security measures in Linux environments. The patches include fixes for critical security issues that could allow unauthorized access to sensitive information. 2 sources 45

Fedora 43 openbao Security Fix Advisory 2026

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