Vault and Vault Enterprise’s (“Vault”) user lockout feature could be bypassed for Userpass and LDAP authentication methods. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.1, 1.19.7, 1.18.12, and 1.16.23.
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-23396
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-16-vault-userpass-and-ldap-user-lockout-bypass/76035
Published: 2025-08-01
Updated: 2025-08-13
Named Vulnerability: GO-2025-3840Named Vulnerability: GHSA-qgj7-fmq2-6cc4
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Severity: Medium
EPSS: 0.00413