fix(openbao): rebuild server with patched dependencies

[sbaum1994]

TL;DR

• Updates the OpenBao runtime from 2.5.5 to 2.6.2 and applies available Alpine package upgrades.
• Rebuilds the OpenBao 2.6.2 server from its checksum-pinned official distribution source with golang.org/x/crypto v0.56.0, google.golang.org/grpc v1.83.1, and github.com/moby/go-archive v0.3.0.
• Rebuilds the JWT plugin with Go 1.27.0 and reviewed security floors, including golang.org/x/crypto v0.56.0 and github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.1.4.

Additional Details

• Keeps the upstream OpenBao runtime filesystem, entrypoint, default configuration, vault compatibility symlink, and non-root openbao user.
• Uses the official openbao-dist-v2.6.2.tar.xz source because it contains the generated web UI embedded in upstream release binaries; its SHA-256, source commit, and release metadata are pinned.
• Compiles with the upstream ui tag and verifies the Go toolchain, target architecture, and security-floor dependencies embedded in both amd64 and arm64 server binaries.
• Migrates the plugin's direct JWT/JWS implementation from square/go-jose v2 to go-jose v4.1.4 with explicit parser algorithm allowlists.
• Pins both the Go builder and OpenBao runtime images by their verified multi-architecture manifest digests.

For the Reviewer

• Review infra/openbao/Dockerfile together with scripts/build-openbao.sh, scripts/verify-openbao.sh, and OPENBAO_PROVENANCE.md for the source-build trust chain.
• Review the JWT library migration and dependency-floor assertions as one change.

For QA

• go test ./... and go build ./... pass in the JWT plugin module.
• Exact amd64 and arm64 server and plugin binaries build and pass embedded toolchain, architecture, and dependency verification.
• Full amd64 and arm64 container builds pass.
• Both images run as non-root, preserve /usr/bin/vault -> /usr/bin/bao, report OpenBao 2.6.2 at the pinned source commit, and pass JWT plugin registration, mount, configuration, role, JWKS, and signing smoke tests.
• POSIX shell syntax, ShellCheck, semantic-version comparison tests, module verification, and git diff --check pass.
• A broad upstream go test -short ./... run covered many packages before it was capped: Go 1.27 reports pre-existing formatting-vet failures in upstream tests/source, and database integration packages are not bounded for this image change. The architecture builds and focused runtime/plugin tests above are the release signal.

After release, rescan the immutable image digest to confirm the tracked findings are absent.

Issues

Closes #1475

Closes #1476

Checklist

• I am familiar with the Contributing Guidelines.
• I have signed off my commits for Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) compliance.
• New or existing tests cover these changes.
• The documentation is up to date with these changes.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Updates
  • Updated OpenBao to version 2.6.2 and Go to version 1.27.0.
  • Builds now use verified, pinned source, dependencies, and runtime components.
  • Alpine packages and runtime utilities are updated.
• Security
  • JWT signing and verification now use a newer library version.
  • JWT processing accepts only configured supported signature algorithms.
• Validation & Documentation
  • Expanded build validation, dependency checks, CI coverage, documentation, and provenance records.

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Walkthrough

Updates OpenBao to 2.6.2 with Go 1.27.0, builds it from verified source, migrates JWT handling to go-jose v4, refreshes dependency floors, and validates embedded versions.

Changes

OpenBao and JWT plugin refresh

Layer / File(s)	Summary
OpenBao source build and runtime image infra/openbao/Dockerfile, infra/openbao/scripts/build-openbao.sh, infra/openbao/scripts/verify-openbao.sh, infra/openbao/OPENBAO_PROVENANCE.md	The build verifies OpenBao source, creates architecture-specific binaries, checks embedded metadata, and packages the binary in the pinned runtime image.
Shared semantic-version validation infra/openbao/scripts/semver.sh, infra/openbao/scripts/test-semver.sh, infra/openbao/scripts/verify-jwt-plugin.sh	The shared comparator validates release, prerelease, build-metadata, and pseudo-version ordering. OpenBao and plugin checks use it for toolchain and dependency floors.
JWT library migration and algorithm restrictions infra/openbao/plugins/vault-plugin-secrets-jwt/...	JWT and JWS handling uses go-jose v4. Serialization uses Serialize(). Signed-token parsing accepts only configured supported algorithms.
JWT plugin dependency inputs infra/openbao/plugins/vault-plugin-secrets-jwt/go.mod, infra/openbao/scripts/build-jwt-plugin.sh, infra/openbao/files/plugins/PROVENANCE.md, dependencies.md	The plugin targets Go 1.27.0 and uses updated dependency pins. Provenance and the dependency inventory reflect the new inputs.
Container integration and workflow coverage .github/workflows/openbao-jwt-plugin.yml, infra/openbao/README.md, infra/openbao/scripts/smoke-jwt-plugin-runtime.sh	CI builds and verifies the OpenBao server. Documentation describes the pinned source build and runtime path. The smoke test quotes temporary paths.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 3a28d

The OpenBao and JWT plugin refresh is ready to merge with no currently identified merge-blocking risk.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CI workflow
  participant build-openbao.sh
  participant verify-openbao.sh
  participant OpenBao runtime image
  CI workflow->>build-openbao.sh: build architecture-specific binaries
  build-openbao.sh->>verify-openbao.sh: validate embedded metadata and dependency floors
  verify-openbao.sh-->>CI workflow: report verification result
  CI workflow->>OpenBao runtime image: package verified binary

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❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 5.88% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 17 functions across 17 files. (1 skipped: …	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes address the linked objectives: OpenBao 2.6.2 and Alpine updates, Go 1.27.0 for the JWT plugin, reviewed dependency floors, go-jose/v4 migration, checksum-pinned builds, architecture-specif…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changed Dockerfile, scripts, workflow, plugin sources, dependency files, documentation, provenance records, and verification tests all support the linked OpenBao security and dependency-refresh ob…
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title follows Conventional Commits format with the scoped fix(openbao) prefix. It accurately describes the primary change: rebuilding OpenBao with patched dependencies.

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Risk assessment

Overall risk: High as written; Medium after the container-build issue below is fixed and the image is exercised.

• Version/size: 7 files, +126/−77, with no plugin .go source changes. OpenBao moves 2.5.5 → 2.6.2, the build image Go 1.25 → 1.27.0, and the module/toolchain Go 1.23.3/1.23.8 → 1.27.0.
• Dependency graph: x/crypto 0.32.0 → 0.55.0, x/net 0.34.0 → 0.57.0, x/text 0.21.0 → 0.41.0, gRPC 1.69.4 → 1.83.1, go-jose/v4 4.0.4 → 4.1.4, OpenTelemetry 1.31.0 → 1.44.0, otelhttp 0.54.0 → 0.61.0, and protobuf 1.36.3 → 1.36.11, plus related indirect-module churn. Vault API 1.15.0 and SDK 0.15.2 remain pinned, limiting the plugin-host compatibility surface.
• Release-blocking risk: the published openbao/openbao:2.6.2 image runs as openbao, and Docker inherits that user. The added RUN apk upgrade / apk add therefore executes without root privileges and is expected to fail while updating the APK database. Make the transition explicit (USER root for package changes, then restore USER openbao) and prove it with a container build.
• Runtime risk after that fix: OpenBao 2.6 includes documented container-user, API, policy-validation, and packaging behavior changes. The broad Go and transitive-module jump may also affect JWT parsing, TLS/HTTP, gRPC, and telemetry behavior despite unchanged plugin source. apk upgrade floats inherited Alpine packages to what is current in the configured repository at build time, so separate builds may differ.
• Mitigations present: the scoped Go 1.27 build/tests pass, Vault compatibility pins remain unchanged, and the verifier now checks the intended dependency floors for both plugin architectures.
• Validation/rollout: add a multi-architecture container build that runs the verifier; exercise startup, seal/unseal, HA/standby, JWT auth and secret operations, plugin registration/checksum, filesystem permissions, and health probes. Capture the resulting image digest/SBOM, canary that immutable artifact, and retain the prior image digest for rollback.
• Security scope: this PR refreshes Alpine packages and the separately built JWT plugin. Dependencies compiled into the upstream bao binary belong to the OpenBao 2.6.2 artifact; neither apk upgrade nor the plugin rebuild changes them, so assess them independently from the upstream binary/SBOM.

Evidence: PR diff, public CI, OpenBao 2.6.0 changes, OpenBao 2.6.2, upstream comparison, 2.6.2 Dockerfile, and Go 1.27 notes. Public registry inspection confirmed User=null for 2.5.5 and User=openbao for 2.6.2.

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Risk assessment update after review fixes

Overall risk: Medium-high. The patch remains confined to the OpenBao image and bundled JWT plugin, but it now includes an intentional major-version migration of the plugin's direct JWT/JWS library in addition to the OpenBao/runtime dependency refresh.

• Version and behavior changes: OpenBao moves to 2.6.2, Go to 1.27.0, and the plugin's direct JWT/JWS implementation moves from gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2 v2.6.0 to github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.1.4. The parser API now requires explicit accepted algorithms; this PR limits parsing to the same ES256/384/512 and RS256/384/512 set already accepted by plugin configuration. The existing x/crypto, x/net, x/text, and gRPC security-floor updates remain unchanged.
• Change size/nature: the complete PR changes 19 files (+181/−99). Most churn is go.mod/go.sum, build/verifier logic, and provenance text. The behavioral surface is the go-jose major-version migration, the JWT builder's v4 serialization API, parser allowlists, and the final image's explicit root-to-openbao user transition.
• Credible failure modes: token generation or verification could differ at the v2/v4 boundary; a legitimately configured algorithm could be omitted from an allowlist; JWKS/header handling could regress; or the runtime image could retain the wrong user or permissions after package installation.
• Mitigations: the allowlist is derived from one canonical six-algorithm set, plugin tests exercise signing and verification, go build ./... and go test ./... pass, both target binaries were built and their embedded module/toolchain metadata verified, and a cache-only amd64+arm64 image build completed successfully. The published workload remains version-pinned by the Helm chart.
• Residual risk / rollout: canary the rebuilt image, exercise ES and RSA signing plus JWKS verification, confirm the container runs as openbao, and rescan the published digest. Rollback is the prior chart-pinned image tag; no storage schema or external API migration is involved.

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@coderabbitai Addressed in 354c8a2a1. The JWT plugin now directly uses and verifies github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.1.4; the obsolete Square v2 dependency is removed. All signed-token parsers now use explicit allowlists limited to the plugin's configured ES256/384/512 and RS256/384/512 algorithms, and the module, dependency inventory, NOTICE, and provenance outputs were refreshed.

The same commit also accounts for OpenBao 2.6.2's inherited USER openbao: package installation runs under USER root, then the final image restores USER openbao. Go build/tests, exact amd64 and arm64 plugin verification, and the multi-platform image build pass. The docstring warning is not applicable to these POSIX shell helpers.

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@sbaum1994 Confirmed. The described changes address the JWT dependency and container-user findings. The POSIX shell-helper docstring warning does not apply.

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Risk assessment — current head 3a28df31d

Overall risk: Medium-high. The remediation is isolated to the OpenBao image and bundled JWT plugin, but the final image now replaces the upstream server executable with a reproducible build of the same OpenBao 2.6.2 source so that dependencies embedded in bao can be patched.

• Exact size: the complete PR changes 27 files (+613/−137). The residual-finding implementation is 15 files (+444/−50), followed by a one-line documentation correction: 6 new build/verification/provenance files, CI and Dockerfile wiring, a one-version plugin floor change, and shell hardening. No OpenBao application source is modified.
• OpenBao/runtime versions: OpenBao moves 2.5.5 → 2.6.2 and the build toolchain moves Go 1.25 / module Go 1.23.3 → Go 1.27.0. The replacement server uses the checksum-pinned official 2.6.2 distribution source at commit dd9c19c..., includes the upstream-generated UI, and keeps the 2.6.2 runtime filesystem, entrypoint, configuration, compatibility symlink, and openbao user.
• Server dependency delta: the source build raises x/crypto 0.53.0 → 0.56.0, gRPC 1.82.1 → 1.83.1, and go-archive 0.2.0 → 0.3.0. Minimal version selection also advances their required transitive modules: cel.dev/expr 0.25.1→0.25.2; moby/patternmatcher 0.6.0→0.6.1; moby/sys/sequential 0.6.0→0.7.0; moby/sys/user 0.4.0→0.4.1; x/mod 0.37.0→0.38.0; x/net 0.56.0→0.57.0; x/sync 0.21.0→0.22.0; x/sys 0.46.0→0.47.0; x/term 0.44.0→0.45.0; x/text 0.39.0→0.41.0; x/tools 0.47.0→0.48.0; and matching May 2026 genproto API/RPC revisions.
• Plugin dependency delta: the final follow-up raises x/crypto 0.55.0 → 0.56.0. Across the full PR, the direct JWT/JWS library moves from square/go-jose.v2 2.6.0 → go-jose/v4 4.1.4, with explicit ES256/384/512 and RS256/384/512 parser allowlists; x/net moves 0.34.0→0.57.0, x/text 0.21.0→0.41.0, gRPC 1.69.4→1.83.1, OpenTelemetry 1.31.0→1.44.0, otelhttp 0.54.0→0.61.0, and protobuf 1.36.3→1.36.11. Vault API 1.15.0 and SDK 0.15.2 remain unchanged.
• Credible failure modes: dependency behavior can change in cryptography, TLS/HTTP, gRPC, archive extraction, telemetry, and JWT parsing; a source-built server could diverge from upstream packaging; or an architecture/user/symlink mistake could make one published image unusable. apk upgrade also retains the existing build-time floating package risk.
• Mitigations/evidence: both amd64 and arm64 full images build; each server binary embeds Go 1.27.0 and the exact patched floors; both images run as non-root, preserve /usr/bin/vault -> /usr/bin/bao, and pass plugin registration, mount, configuration, role, JWKS, ES/RSA signing, and verification smoke tests. Plugin go test ./... and go build ./..., module verification, SemVer edge-case tests (including prereleases and pseudo-versions), ShellCheck, shell syntax, and diff checks pass. Builder and runtime bases are pinned by multi-arch manifest digest.
• Residual/rollout risk: a broad upstream go test -short ./... run was capped after many passing packages because Go 1.27 exposes unrelated pre-existing formatting-vet failures and the database integration packages are unbounded here. Publish an immutable candidate, run the normal deployment checks, rescan that digest, and retain the prior chart-pinned image for rollback. No storage schema or external API change is introduced by this patch.

Evidence: full PR diff, residual remediation commit, CodeRabbit follow-up, current CI, and tracked residual findings.

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