CVSS 3.1
7.2 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2025-5999
High (7.2) in hashicorp vault. EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in github.com/hashicorp/vault 1.20.0.
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
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 43% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-266
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- hashicorp:vault
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-6h4p-m86h-hhgh | Go | github.com/hashicorp/vault | >=0.10.4 <1.20.0 | 1.20.0 |
| GO-2025-3837 | Go | github.com/hashicorp/vault | >=0.10.4 <1.20.0 | 1.20.0 |