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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.2 High

CVE-2025-5999

Vault Root Namespace Operator May Elevate Token Privileges

Description

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

HashiCorp Vault

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0.10.4 to < 1.20.0affected

HashiCorp Vault Enterprise

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0.10.4 to < 1.20.0affected

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