VDB-318534 · CVE-2025-5999 · GCVE-0-2025-5999

HashiCorp Vault/Vault Enterprise up to 1.19.5 privileges assignment

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise up to 1.19.5. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in privileges assignment. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-5999. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise up to 1.19.5. It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges assignment vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-266. A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is available at discuss.hashicorp.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-5999 since 06/11/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 1.20.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

HashiCorp

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License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

VulDB Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Temp Score: 6.9
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.2
CNA Vector (HashiCorp): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges assignment
CWE: CWE-266
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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/Vault Enterprise 1.20.0

Timelineinfo

06/11/2025 CVE reserved
08/01/2025 +51 days Advisory disclosed
08/01/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/05/2025 +3 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: discuss.hashicorp.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-5999 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-5999
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-318534

Entryinfo

Created: 08/01/2025 22:38
Updated: 08/05/2025 01:47
Changes: 08/01/2025 22:38 (62), 08/05/2025 01:47 (1)
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