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CVE-2025-5999

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Published: Aug 1, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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7.2
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 1.2 / Impact: 5.9
Source: security@hashicorp.com (Secondary)

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.

Affected (4)

Products: Hashicorp: Vault
Hashicorp
1 product
Vault
Configuration A
4 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Hashicorp
Vault
From 0.10.4 to 1.20.0
Vault
From 0.10.4 to 1.16.22
Vault
From 1.17.0 to 1.18.11
Vault
From 1.19.0 to 1.19.6

Related CWEs

CWE-266
Incorrect Privilege Assignment
A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

References (1)

Source: security@hashicorp.com
Vendor Advisory

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