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SCA: security update for github.com/hashicorp/vault (GHSA-mr4h-qf9j-f665)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 428710

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2025-6000)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mr4h-qf9j-f665

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 428710

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/2/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.66

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-6000

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-6000

cwe: CWE-94