CVE-2025-6000

critical

Description

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.

References

https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/cyberark-and-hashicorp-flaws-enable.html

https://github.com/rlawlwhs/CVEDictionary

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-14-privileged-vault-operator-may-execute-code-on-the-underlying-host/76033

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-08-01

Updated: 2025-08-13

Named Vulnerability: Vault FaultNamed Vulnerability: GO-2025-3838Named Vulnerability: GHSA-mr4h-qf9j-f665

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00948