CVE-2025-6000 (GCVE-0-2025-6000)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-01 17:40 – Updated: 2025-08-01 18:12
VLAI
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.
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
HashiCorp CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 70/100 over 41 records in the last 180 days details
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
HashiCorp Vault Affected: 0.8.0 , < 1.20.1 (semver)
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HashiCorp Vault Enterprise Affected: 0.8.0 , < 1.20.1 (semver)
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