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CVE-2025-5999

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
01/08/2025
Last modified:
13/08/2025

Description

A privileged Vault operator with write permissions to the root namespace’s identity endpoint could escalate their own or another user’s token privileges to Vault’s root policy. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.0 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.0, 1.19.6, 1.18.11 and 1.16.22.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.20
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* 0.10.4 (including) 1.16.22 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* 0.10.4 (including) 1.20.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* 1.17.0 (including) 1.18.11 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* 1.19.0 (including) 1.19.6 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools