HashiCorp Vault Community/Vault Enterprise up to 1.19.0 Azure Auth authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in HashiCorp Vault Community and Vault Enterprise up to 1.19.0 and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Azure Auth. Performing a manipulation results in authorization. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-3879. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in HashiCorp Vault Community and Vault Enterprise up to 1.19.0. This affects an unknown part of the component Azure Auth. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-863. The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vault Community, Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) Azure Auth method did not correctly validate the claims in the Azure-issued token, resulting in the potential bypass of the bound_locations parameter on login. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.19.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.19.1, 1.18.7, 1.17.14, 1.16.18.

The advisory is shared at discuss.hashicorp.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-3879 since 04/22/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 1.19.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 6.6
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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CNA Base Score: 6.6
CNA Vector (HashiCorp): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-863 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Vault Community/Vault Enterprise 1.19.1

Timelineinfo

04/22/2025 🔍
05/02/2025 +10 days 🔍
05/02/2025 +0 days 🔍
08/12/2025 +102 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: discuss.hashicorp.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-3879 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-3879
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-307317

Entryinfo

Created: 05/02/2025 20:08
Updated: 08/12/2025 03:55
Changes: 05/02/2025 20:08 (63), 08/12/2025 03:55 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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