Advisoriesby IbisVaultGHSA-6h4p-m86h-hhgh
Hashicorp Vault has Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Fix: upgrade to 1.20.0 or later
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 versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| github.com/hashicorp/vault Go | >= 0.10.4, < 1.20.0 | 1.20.0 |
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity from
- GitHub (reviewed advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-266
- Also known as
- BIT-vault-2025-5999, CVE-2025-5999, GO-2025-3837
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