CVE-2025-5999
7.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp | Vault | 0.10.4 < 1.20.0 | affected |
| HashiCorp | Vault Enterprise | 0.10.4 < 1.20.0 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-266: CWE-266: Incorrect Privilege Assignment
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: total
References
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