CVE-2025-5999

HIGH EPSS 36.5%
Published Aug 1, 202511mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
7.2 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Aug 1, 2025 11mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.2
Exploitability
1.2
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required High
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
36.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-266

Affected Products 4

VendorProductVersionRange
hashicorpvault*≥0.10.4  –  <1.16.22
hashicorpvault*≥0.10.4  –  <1.20.0
hashicorpvault*≥1.17.0  –  <1.18.11
hashicorpvault*≥1.19.0  –  <1.19.6

References 1

  • discuss.hashicorp.com https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-13-vault-root-namespace-operator-may-elevate-token-privileges/76032
    Vendor Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.