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CVE-2025-6000

9.1 criticalEPSS 0.9%

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

CVSS 3.1

9.1 critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 61% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-94
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-mr4h-qf9j-f665Gogithub.com/hashicorp/vault>=0.8.0 <1.20.11.20.1
GO-2025-3838Gogithub.com/hashicorp/vault>=0.8.0 <1.20.11.20.1

References

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