CVE-2025-5999

EUVD-2025-23388
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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.2 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
HashiCorpCNA
7.2 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 5%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
hashicorpvault
0.10.4 ≤
𝑥
< 1.16.22
hashicorpvault
0.10.4 ≤
𝑥
< 1.20.0
hashicorpvault
1.17.0 ≤
𝑥
< 1.18.11
hashicorpvault
1.19.0 ≤
𝑥
< 1.19.6
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-13-vault-root-namespace-operator-may-elevate-token-privileges/76032