CVE-2025-5999 (GCVE-0-2025-5999)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-01 17:38 – Updated: 2025-08-01 18:08
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Vault Root Namespace Operator May Elevate Token Privileges
Summary
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.
Severity
7.2 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-08-01 18:08 UTC
CWE
- CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp | Vault |
Affected:
0.10.4 , < 1.20.0
(semver)
|
guessed | |
| HashiCorp | Vault Enterprise |
Affected:
0.10.4 , < 1.20.0
(semver)
|
guessed |
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