VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2025-5999

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.51%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-08-01
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • security@hashicorp.com: CWE-266

Primary references