Vault’s Terraform Provider incorrectly set default deny_null_bind parameter for LDAP auth method to false by default in github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vault
Vault’s Terraform Provider incorrectly set default deny_null_bind parameter for LDAP auth method to false by default in github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vault. NOTE: The source advisory for this report contains additional versions that could not be automatically mapped to standard Go module versions. (If this is causing false-positive reports from vulnerability scanners, please suggest an edit to the report.) The additional affected modules and versions are: github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vault before v5.5.0.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-13357US | critical9.8OT elevated | — | ||
Vault’s Terraform Provider incorrectly set the default deny_null_bind parameter for the LDAP auth method to false by default, potentially resulting in an insecure configuration. If… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-33-vault-terraform-provider-applied-incorrect-defaults-for-ldap-auth-method/76822WEB
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gmm6-j2g5-r52mADVISORY
- https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vault/commit/882bc7f409acc99c872c345edd65159d9568589aFIX
- https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vault/pull/2622FIX
- https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vault/releases/tag/v5.5.0WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13357ADVISORY
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