CVE-2025-6000 (GCVE-0-2025-6000)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-01 17:40 – Updated: 2025-08-01 18:12
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Arbitrary Remote Code Execution via Plugin Catalog Abuse
Summary
A privileged Vault operator within the root namespace with write permission to {{sys/audit}} may obtain code execution on the underlying host if a plugin directory is set in Vault’s configuration. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.1, 1.19.7, 1.18.12, and 1.16.23.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-08-01 18:11 UTC
CWE
- CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code (Code Injection)
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp | Vault |
Affected:
0.8.0 , < 1.20.1
(semver)
|
guessed | |
| HashiCorp | Vault Enterprise |
Affected:
0.8.0 , < 1.20.1
(semver)
|
guessed |
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