CVE-2025-5999

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 43 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.51% (43rd) EPSS
CVSS 7.2 · high
Is it mine?
31 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.6–7.2

v3.17.2highAV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security@hashicorp.comexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.9
v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV
v3.16.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-266USCWE-266USCWE-266US
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affected products (31)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (4)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2025-1702Hashicorp Vault Community und Enterprise: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-08-03csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Hashicorp Vault ausnutzen, um erhöhte Rechte zu erlangen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, beliebigen Code auszuführen und vertrauliche Informationen preiszugeben.

  • GHSA-6h4p-m86h-hhghHashicorp Vault has Privilege Escalation Vulnerability2025-08-01ghsa · osvUS

    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.

  • BIT-vault-2025-5999Vault Root Namespace Operator May Elevate Token Privileges2025-08-05vendor · osvUS

    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.

  • GO-2025-3837Hashicorp Vault has Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in github.com/hashicorp/vault2025-08-11vendor · osvUS

    Hashicorp Vault has Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in github.com/hashicorp/vault

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also known as (7)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bduosvcert_bundNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2025-08-01modified 2026-06-17
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references (3)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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